Jul 11, 2023 City Council Meeting

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WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA.

[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum]

I'M OFF TO A GREAT START. OKAY.

WE'LL MEET ON JULY 11TH, 2023, AT 6 P.M.

IN THE ANNA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOCATED AT 120 WEST SEVENTH STREET, TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS THE CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL AND ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM.

ALL ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR MAYOR PIKE.

I HAVE PASTOR MATT WOOD AND BRODY LAWSON TO COME UP AND DO THE PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND STEP RIGHT UP.

THANK YOU, SIR. LET'S PRAY.

FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND YOUR GRACE.

WE PRAISE YOUR HOLY NAME TOGETHER THIS EVENING.

WE THANK YOU FOR THESE SERVANTS WHO GIVE OF THEIR TIME TO LEAD OUR CITY.

THESE WHO ALSO ARE PAID SERVANTS OF THE CITY WHO DO GREAT WORK TO MAKE THIS CITY SUCH A GREAT PLACE.

THANK YOU FOR THEM.

WOULD YOU BLESS THEM? WOULD YOU WATCH OVER THEIR LIVES, FATHER? CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS CITY, CONTINUE TO GROW IT, GIVE GOOD WISDOM AND HOW THAT TAKES PLACE.

I PRAY FOR THE DECISIONS THAT WILL BE MADE TONIGHT THAT YOU WOULD GIVE WISDOM, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE CLARITY, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE CHARITY AND PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING.

WE ASK THESE THINGS IN CHRIST'S NAME.

AMEN.

GOOD JOB, RUDY.

THANKS. AND THANK YOU, MATT.

[3. Neighbor Comments]

AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE MEETING AGENDA THAT IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

EVERYONE'S ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

NO DISCUSSION OR ACTION MAY BE TAKEN ON THIS MEETING ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A CITIZEN OR INQUIRY OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.

DO WE HAVE ANY NEIGHBORS COMMENTS? OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO.

[4. Reports]

A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN UPDATE FOR 2324 GREG MAYOR PRO TEM.

AS MR. PETERS INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, APPROACHES THE PODIUM.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.

SO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND I'LL BE PRESENTING A BUDGET IN THE FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST.

CENTRAL TO THE BUDGET IS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND IT'S THE FUN PART OF THE BUDGET.

IT'S THE THINGS THAT WE GET TO BUILD AND THE THINGS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS GET TO GET TO SEE.

AND AND SO WE WANTED TO PREVIEW THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AND WILL FINISH NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT ALSO THE PROJECTS WILL BE STARTING NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.

AND SO MR. PETERS WILL BE GIVING THE PRESENTATION AGAIN.

HE'S THE INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OVER OPERATIONS AND PART OF THAT IS OUR CIP PROGRAM, MR. JUSTIN CLAY, OUR CIP MANAGER, AND MR. DYLAN WALKER, OUR PARKS PLANNING DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, ARE CENTRAL TO THAT CIP TEAM AND I BELIEVE THAT MR. WALKER WILL BE ASSISTING MR. PETERS WITH THIS PRESENTATION.

BUT THIS IN A MEMO THAT I HAD SENT TO COUNCIL LAST WEEK.

THIS IS A PRELUDE TO THE BUDGET DISCUSSION, BUT AN IMPORTANT PRELUDE IN WHICH WE GET TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROJECTS HEADING INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HENDERSON, MAYOR PRO TEM MILLER AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS AS SHORT AND SWEET AS I CAN.

I WILL START OFF AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FACILITY PROJECTS.

I'LL HAND IT OFF TO DYLAN WALKER TO GO OVER OUR PARKS PROJECTS AND THEN OUR CIP MANAGER, JUSTIN CLAY, WILL TALK ABOUT STREETS AND UTILITIES, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK UP HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THE CONCLUSION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TONIGHT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND LOOKING AT INTO NEXT YEAR.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE CIP AND OUR GOALS AND THEN TALK ABOUT SOME NEXT STEPS.

SO THERE'S REALLY THREE MAIN PURPOSES FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

ONE IS TO FULFILL OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS WHEN IT COMES TO FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE BASED ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CITY'S

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SO OUR GOALS GOING INTO NEXT YEAR ARE GOING TO BE WE REALLY SEE THIS AS A CONSTRUCTION HEAVY YEAR.

YOU ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE THAT CHANGE THIS YEAR WITH A LOT OF PROJECTS EITHER JUST FINISHING UP, JUST STARTING OR WELL UNDERWAY AND THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.

SO WE HAVE SOME KEY PROJECTS WHICH WE'VE JUST FINISHED UP, LIKE THE SPLASH PAD.

WE HAVE SOME KEY PROJECTS LIKE HACKBERRY DRIVE OFF OF STATE HIGHWAY FIVE THAT ARE GOING TO BE GETTING GOING HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS.

AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO GET STARTED OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE WITH GROWTH.

ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS REALLY FOCUSED ON IS MAKING SURE THAT GROWTH IS PAYING FOR GROWTH.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK TO DO AS NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS COME IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO PARTNER TO GET THE ROAD WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED, ALONG WITH SUITABLE PARK PROJECTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLETING ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FUNDED THROUGH THE 2021 BOND ELECTION WHERE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBORS GAVE US THE CAPABILITY TO DELIVER SOME REALLY BIG THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE.

SO WITH FACILITIES.

I'LL START WITH FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO.

IF ANYONE HERE AT THE MEETING TONIGHT HAS NOT BEEN OVER THERE, I SUGGEST YOU SWING BY.

IT'S OVER IN HURRICANE CREEK, JUST OFF OF STANDBRIDGE BOULEVARD, AND CONSTRUCTION IS WELL UNDERWAY.

THAT PROJECT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.

IT IS OUR SECOND FIRE STATION HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S GOING TO BE A DUAL COMPANY STATION WITH SIX BAYS, WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE RESPONSE TIME FOR BOTH FIREFIGHTING AND AMBULATORY SERVICE FOR THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE OF ANNA ALONG US 75 AND JUST THROUGH THAT WHOLE CENTRAL CORRIDOR AS WELL. SO THE FUNDING IS THROUGH 21 BONDS.

COUNCIL DID APPROVE US EXPANDING THE PROJECT TO INCLUDE THAT FULL SIX BAYS WHICH EXPANDED THE PROJECT BUDGET TO 11 MILLION WITH SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH PID FUNDS.

WE'VE AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE'VE COMPLETED DESIGN.

THE PROJECT WAS BID AND CONSTRUCTION IS ONGOING AND WE WILL BE OPENING THAT FACILITY UP NEXT YEAR.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT OPENING IT UP IN THE FIRST HALF OF 24 AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON TRYING TO COMPRESS THAT SCHEDULE AS WE'RE ABLE TO.

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE LOCATED RIGHT HERE ON THIS PROPERTY, RIGHT OVER WHERE YOU CAN SEE SOME CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT PARKS ARE AT THE MOMENT. SO THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY FACILITY.

THIS IS A PLACE FOR ALL NEIGHBORS IN ANNA TO BE ABLE TO COME AND GATHER TO LEARN, NOT JUST TO CHECK BOOKS OUT AND TO READ BOOKS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY THERE, ARTS AND CRAFTS, MAKERSPACE MEETING SPACES.

SO IF YOU HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME THERE AND HOLD MEETINGS.

ONE OF OUR MEETING ROOMS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LIKE A BOARD ROOM THAT FOLKS CAN COME OUT AND USE.

AND SO WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO TOUCH THE LIVES OF EVERYONE IN ANNA AND WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING FOR ALL AGES.

OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ARE 50% COMPLETE.

TOMORROW NIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING AN UPDATE TO THE TASK FORCE.

AND THEN BASED ON THEIR FEEDBACK, WE WILL BE GIVING THE COUNCIL AN UPDATE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BIDDING THIS PROJECT HERE IN JUST THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND GOING TO CONSTRUCTION AT THE VERY END OF THIS YEAR WITH AN ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE OF THE BEGINNING OF 25.

JUST WANTED TO SHOW SOME ADDITIONAL PRELIMINARY RENDERINGS.

WE HAD A MEETING TODAY.

THE DESIGN TEAM IS WORKING ON SOME MORE DETAILED RENDERINGS THAT HAVE SOME MORE OF THE MATERIALS INCLUDED.

SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF WHITE IN SOME OF THESE THAT'S STARTING TO FILL IN WITH THE ACTUAL MATERIALS THAT WILL BE USED.

SO WE'LL BE GIVING THAT INFORMATION TO COUNCIL AND THEN PUTTING IT OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC HERE IN THE COMING DAYS.

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SO THE PLAZA PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE AN OUTDOOR GATHERING AREA FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.

IT'S THE INTENT IS FOR IT TO BE BUILT CONCURRENT WITH THE LIBRARY PROJECT.

RIGHT NOW, THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED HAVE BEEN THROUGH EDC FUNDS AND THEN STAFF IS PROPOSING THE REMAINING FUNDS TO COME FROM THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND.

THE DESIGN IS TRACKING WITH THE LIBRARY, SO YOU CAN SEE THE DESIGN IS 50% COMPLETE.

AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS WE'RE GOING TO BE BIDDING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

AND THEN OUR PLAN IS TO OPEN IT WITH THE LIBRARY.

AND THIS WILL BE A UNIQUE LOCATION HERE IN DOWNTOWN WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOST A WIDE RANGE OF CITY EVENTS, BIG AND SMALL, WHETHER IT BE LIVE MUSIC OR THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING.

LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS CAN HAPPEN HERE.

AND WITH THE FIRE STATION RIGHT NEXT DOOR, IT JUST PROVIDES A REALLY NICE COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE FOR A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS.

JUST WANT TO SHOW SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RENDERINGS SHOWING WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA THAT'S LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CHILDREN'S SPACE IN THE LIBRARY THAT KIND OF CONNECTS INTO THAT PLAZA AREA.

WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO MAKE THIS A FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN OF ALL AGES TO SPEND TIME IN THE SPACE.

WE ALSO HAVE INCLUDED AN IDEA THAT CAME FROM OUR FIRST NEIGHBOR ACADEMY, WHICH WAS A VETERANS TRIBUTE ON THE PROPERTY.

AND SO THAT IS A CONCEPT THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT THAT IS INCLUDED AND WILL LIKELY BE BID AS A BID ALTERNATE, WHICH WE COULD INCLUDE INTO THE PROJECT IF COUNCIL CHOOSES TO AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER THERE, THERE'S SOME EXTENSIVE PLANTING THAT WOULD GO RIGHT ALONG THAT NORTHERN EDGE OF THE POLICE PARKING LOT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING A WROUGHT IRON SECURITY FENCE AROUND THE POLICE PARKING AREA FOR THE PROTECTION OF THEIR PERSONAL AND CITY VEHICLES.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WE'RE KIND OF WRAPPING THAT WITH A GARDEN TO HELP BREAK THAT UP A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN THAT SPACE AND THE LIBRARY.

THE LAST MAJOR FACILITY PROJECT THAT I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON TONIGHT IS OUR COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER.

SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT AGAIN, WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.

IT WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THERE WERE BOND FUNDS IDENTIFIED FOR A WIDE RANGE OF PARK PROJECTS.

AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE ELIGIBLE USES OF THOSE FUNDS.

WHAT YOU SEE THERE UNDER THE PROJECT BUDGET IS REALLY IT'S TO BE DETERMINED AT THIS POINT.

BUT IN SPEAKING WITH OUR BUDGET MANAGER, TERRY DOBIE, AND WORKING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER.

WE BELIEVE THAT UP TO $16.5 MILLION COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT.

OF EXISTING BOND MONEY, DEPENDING ON HOW WE CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD REGARDING ALL THE OTHER RANGES OF OF PARKS PROJECTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE FUNDED THROUGH THAT MONEY.

SO THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AS WE START TO GET TRANSITIONED FROM THE SCOPING PHASE INTO DESIGN PHASE, WE HELD A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITIES THIS YEAR, INCLUDING SOME IN-PERSON MEETINGS, SOME ONLINE MEETINGS, ONLINE SURVEYS.

WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.

YOU CAN SEE THIS IS JUST SOME ART THAT WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THOSE.

AND WE ARE WORKING ON A PROJECT CHARTER WHICH WE EXPECT TO BRING TO YOU LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL.

SO COMING UP HERE, JUST IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, ONCE THAT PROJECT CHARTER IS IDENTIFIED, THAT WILL REALLY HELP US TO WORK WITH YOU ALL AS A COUNCIL TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS A PHASE ONE LOOK LIKE, WHAT DO WE INCLUDE AND DO WE WANT TO BUILD A LARGER INITIAL PHASE AND LOOK TO FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING? DO WE BUILD A FIRST PHASE THAT WORKS WITHIN THE EXISTING FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE? SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER ON THAT.

BUT WE PLAN TO GO AHEAD AND START DESIGN AT THE FIRST OF NEXT YEAR AND REALLY PUSH THIS PROJECT FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO DELIVER ON A PROJECT THAT WE FEEL LIKE THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY LOOKING FOR.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO DAN WALKER NOW, WHO'S GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF OUR PARKS PROJECTS.

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YOU'VE BEEN BY SLAYTER RECENTLY.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE SLAYTER SKATEPARK IS WELL UNDERWAY AND WE ARE GOING TO START POURING CONCRETE HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK. A LOT OF THE FORUMS ON THE PUMP TRACK AND THE MINI BOWL SIDE ON THE NORTH HAVE BEEN DONE.

THEY HAVEN'T REALLY STARTED MUCH FORMING OF THE STREET SCAPE SIDE TO THE SOUTH.

BUT WE'VE BEEN HAMPERED BY RAIN ON THIS PROJECT.

BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO FINISH UP PROBABLY BY THE END OF DECEMBER, MAYBE THE 1ST OF JANUARY, BUT WE'RE REALLY SHOOTING FOR DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

AND ALSO ABOUT TO START IS THIS IS ONE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, BUT IT'S THREE DIFFERENT SITES, WHICH INCLUDES SLAYTER.

AND THERE'S TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS AT SLAYTER CREEK PARK.

THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, THERE'S NINE OF THOSE TWO BASKETBALL COURTS AND THEN ALSO THE PARKING EXPANSION TO THE NORTH.

AND I SAW THEM OUT THERE, SAW CUTTING TODAY.

THEY'RE SILT FENCES UP.

AND SO THEY'VE STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN EARNEST.

THEY'VE MOBILIZED ON THE OTHER TWO PARKS, ALSO ALREADY DONE SOME DEMO AT YANG PARK, AND THEY'VE GOT SILT FENCE UP AT NATURAL SPRINGS.

PECAN GROVE TRAIL.

THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST MAJOR TRAIL PROJECT WITHIN THE BOND.

THE PARK BOND FROM 2021.

AND THIS IS CONNECTING THE TWO CUL DE SACS AT THE END OF PECAN GROVE.

THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN ALSO WE'RE LOOKING AT CROSSING THE CREEK OVER TO PARK PLACE TO THE NORTH.

DESIGN IS IN PROGRESS AND WE SHOULD HAVE A FLOODPLAIN ANALYSIS COMPLETE VERY SOON, HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THIS WEEK OR NEXT. AND NATURAL SPRINGS PLAYGROUND.

THIS HAS BEEN ON THE MAP FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE HAVE RECOMMENDED INCREASING THE BUDGET JUST A LITTLE BIT BASED ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING.

WE KIND OF WANT A TREEHOUSE THEME OUT THERE.

THAT'S BEEN THE PLAN ALL ALONG.

AND TO GET WHAT WE WANT, WE REALLY THINK WE NEED TO BUMP THAT BUDGET UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THAT IS A PROJECT THAT IS IN NEXT YEAR'S RECOMMENDATION FOR NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.

A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

BRYANT PARK.

WE WILL BEGIN DESIGN NEXT YEAR.

CURRENTLY AT BRYANT, YOU'LL NOTICE SOME IRRIGATION IS GOING IN AND THAT'S JUST ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PARK THAT WAS DESIGNED IN HOUSE AND BID JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

THAT SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, HOPEFULLY IF THE RAIN WILL HOLD OFF AND THAT IS JUST TO PROVIDE IRRIGATION FOR THE GRASS TO GET SOMETHING ESTABLISHED AND TO THAT'S HEAVY CLAY SOIL OUT THERE.

AND WE REALLY NEED TO FILL THOSE CRACKS IN SO THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THE SOCCER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP VERY SOON.

ALSO, IN NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND A DOG PARK IRRIGATION SYSTEM TO HELP US BETTER MAINTAIN AND KEEP GRASS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DOG PARK.

AND THEN WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVERAL ISSUES IN SLAYTER CREEK PARK ALL OVER THE PARK, INCLUDING THE BASEBALL FIELDS OF IRRIGATION THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS IN THAT PARK, INCLUDING THE BASEBALL FIELDS THAT WE HAVE TO TURN ON MANUALLY BECAUSE SOMEWHERE WE'VE GOT SOME MAJOR WIRING ISSUES AND WE HAVE TO TURN VALVES ON MANUALLY.

AND IT IS IT TAKES A LOT OF STAFF TIME TO DO THAT.

AND NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JUSTIN CLAIR, CFP MANAGER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

JUSTIN CLAY, CITY MANAGER.

TALKING ABOUT WHAT ROADWAY PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE FIFTH, SEVENTH AND RIGGINS IS ON OUR PLANS TO DO.

WE HAVE FINISHED DESIGN ON THIS PROJECT.

WE PLAN ON DOING A BID OPENING ON JULY 28TH.

AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN TAKE THIS TO A COUNCIL MEETING IN EARLY AUGUST TO AWARD A CONTRACT AND START THE CONSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE WATER LINES AND UTILITIES ARE DONE IN THIS AREA.

FINDLAY BOULEVARD.

THIS IS THIS IS ONE THAT COUNCIL APPROVED NOT TOO LONG AGO.

RIGHT NOW, THE ENGINEER IS WORKING ON SURVEYING AND GETTING THIS TOPO AND MOVING FORWARD.

WE'RE HOPING TO FINISH UP THE ENGINEERING DESIGN BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND START CONSTRUCTION IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2024. LEONARD AVENUE.

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THIS IS A REAL MAJOR NEED FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE ANNA CROSSING SUBDIVISION.

IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO MAJOR ARTERIAL STREETS, LESSEN CONGESTIONS AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, MORE ACCESS TO THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE BEING BUILT OVER THERE.

AS FAR AS THE ELEMENTARY AND AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE DESIGN ON THIS IS COMPLETE.

WE'RE 100% DONE WITH DESIGN.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE COLLIN COUNTY CALL FOR PROJECTS, AND WE WERE AWARDED SOME MONEY TO GET DONE FOR THIS PROJECT TO HELP PAY FOR IT.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON FINISHING THAT STUFF UP AND WE'RE HOPEFUL TO START CONSTRUCTION HERE PRETTY SOON AND PUTTING THAT THING OUT TO BID AND TAKING IT TO Y'ALL TO AWARD THAT TO START CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SOME ADDITIONAL 2024 ROADWAY PROJECTS.

LEONARD AVENUE GOLD WAY TO FOSTER CROSSING THESE ROADWAY PROJECTS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE ONES THAT WE'RE PARTNERS WITH DEVELOPERS AND THEY'RE PAYING FOR SOME OF IT AND GETTING REIMBURSED BY IMPACT FEES, WATER IMPACT FEES WHEN I GO FROM WATER AND SEWER.

SO LEONARD AVENUE FROM GOLD WAY TO FOSTER CROSSING THAT'S IN THE ANNA RANCH SUBDIVISION FOR Y'ALL WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S LOCATED.

LEONARD AVENUE FROM DAVID DRIVE TO 455 FOSTER CROSSING ALONG PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AT EAST OF LEONARD BUDDY HAYES, SOUTH OF 455 FERGUSON PARKWAY, FROM HACKBERRY TO ROSEMONT AND THEN ROSELAND PARKWAY FROM HIGHWAY 5 TO 2862, WHICH RIGHT NOW THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED WITH THE COYOTE MEADOWS SUBDIVISION.

SOME DESIGN PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IS THE FERGUSON PARKWAY EXTENSION TO THE COLLIN COUNTY OUTER LOOP.

WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH COG AND TXDOT FOR SOME FUNDING FOR THE RFA AGREEMENT, SOME STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, THE DOWNTOWN STREET MAINTENANCE, JUST VARIOUS STREETS AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT NEED TO BE FIXED UP.

AND THEN TRAFFIC SIGNALS PROJECTS.

AND THIS IS DEPENDENT ON TEXDOT AND TALKING TO THEM THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GIVING US.

BUT AT HIGHWAY FIVE AND FINLEY, THE ESTIMATED START DATE WILL BE 2023, THE END OF THE QUARTER, AND THEN OAK HOLLOW AND 455 ESTIMATED START DATE 2023 THE FOURTH QUARTER.

AND LIKE I SAID, THOSE ARE DATES PROVIDED TO US BY TXDOT.

SO. UTILITY PROJECTS.

THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE HURRICANE CREEK REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS THIS PAST WEEK WE DID THE BID OPENING FOR THE PROJECT EARLY THIS MORNING.

WE DID THE SCORING FOR THE CONTRACTOR AND AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I'M HOPING TO BRING Y'ALL FORWARD A CONTRACT TO AWARD THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE SELECTING FOR THE PROJECT. DOWNTOWN UTILITY REHAB.

YOU GUYS MAY HAVE NOTICED Y'ALL COME HERE A LOT, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF WATER LINES AND STUFF GOING DOWN, DOWN, RIGGING STREET, SEVENTH AND FIFTH.

THE FIRST PHASE IS FINISH UP.

THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY BROKEN UP TO MULTIPLE PHASES.

I KIND OF WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, WATER LEAK ISSUES AND WHATNOT.

THE PHASE TWO WILL INCLUDE ALL OF FOURTH STREET FROM JAMES STREET, ALL THE WAY TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THEN FOURTH STREET TO EASTON AND AMORET CIRCLE, ALL REDOING THAT WATER LINE. THERE IS IN PHASES THREE AND FOUR.

THIS PROJECT, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME AREAS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE WE IDENTIFIED I AND I IN OUR SANITARY SEWER, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING THAT ADDRESSED WITH THOSE PHASES AS WELL.

BUT THE NEXT PHASE TO COME ON BOARD WILL BE PHASE TWO.

HIGHWAY FIVE UTILITY RELOCATIONS.

THIS ONE, OUR DESIGN IS COMPLETE.

WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS RIGHT NOW ON ACQUIRING SOME ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS.

THERE WAS 36 PARCELS THAT WE NEEDED EASEMENTS FROM.

WE ONLY NEED SEVEN MORE TO GO.

AS SOON AS THOSE EASEMENTS ARE ACQUIRED, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS THING OUT TO BID.

GET US A CONTRACTOR AND THEN TAKE IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOU GUYS TO HELP US AWARD A CONTRACT FOR A CONTRACTOR TO GET STARTED.

HURRICANE CREEK SANITARY SEWER NORTH.

THIS IS A BIG SANITARY SEWER LINE FOR US THAT'S GOING TO TIE BACK INTO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT I DISCUSSED EARLIER.

AS OF THIS WEEK, WE ARE 95% DONE WITH THE PLAN REVIEW ON THESE PLANS.

WE PLAN ON BIDDING THIS THING OUT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND STARTING CONSTRUCTION EARLY NEXT YEAR, PROBABLY SOMETIME AFTER THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS WHEN EVERYBODY COMES BACK AND GET THIS THING GOING FOR US.

COLLIN PUMP STATION.

WE JUST FINISHED UP OUR 60% PLAN REVIEW.

WE ARE ON SCHEDULE TO FINISH UP DESIGN AT THE FIRST OF 2024 AND START CONSTRUCTION IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2024.

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.

AND THESE ARE ONES THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH WITH SOME OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS.

KATY MEADOWS AND CEDAR RIDGE ESTATES REGIONAL SEWER LIFT STATION THAT'LL FEED OVER THERE NORTHWEST OF THE SWEETWATER SUBDIVISION AND MULTIPLE SANITARY SEWER AND WATER MAIN EXTENSIONS BEING PUT IN WITH THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE ON OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER OR MASTER PLANS.

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WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON WEST FM 455.

TWIN CREEK CIRCLE WATER MAIN REHABILITATION.

WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING THIS WEEK WITH THE HOA OUT THERE AND DISCUSSED THIS WATER LINE AND TRYING TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

QUAIL CREEK RUN.

WE ARE IN DESIGN FOR THAT PROJECT AND COUNTY ROAD 289 WATER MAIN EXPANSION.

WE ARE WE ARE IN DESIGN ON THESE PROJECTS.

GREG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JUSTIN.

SO AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS FOR US, ANY COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE OR FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE FROM YOU ALL THIS EVENING WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT AND MAKE REVISIONS.

AND THEN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WILL BE FINALIZED AND ADOPTED AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS LATER THIS SUMMER.

SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE OR ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS ALL THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GREG.

AND, GENTLEMEN, COUNCIL, YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? OH, YEAH, I SAW NOTES.

I'M GOING TO HAVE FIRE QUESTIONS.

YOU KNEW THAT, GREG. SO CAN WE GO BACK TO STATION TWO? YEAH. YEAH. ANY COPS OUT THERE? UH, THE FIRST QUESTION I HAD WAS.

THE DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION.

MAYBE I'M MISINTERPRETING IT AS THE DELAY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST QUARTER WHEN BACK WHEN WE BROKE GROUND.

RIGHT. AND THEN WE ADDED THREE BAYS, OBVIOUSLY.

SO ARE YOU TALKING JUNE OR JULY WHEN YOU SAY SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR? ARE YOU HOPING EARLIER THAN THAT? BUT THAT'S REALISTIC.

SO OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE IS FOR IT TO OPEN IN MAY.

OKAY. BUT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO TRY TO TO MOVE THAT SCHEDULE FORWARD.

ONE OF THE THE PRIMARY THINGS THAT WE'RE IN REVIEW OF RIGHT NOW IS SEEING IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS REGARDING THE TIMING OF CONCRETE POURS.

IF, AS I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITH US HAVING SO MANY 100 DEGREE DAYS, THE CONTRACTOR HAS ASKED US IF WE WOULD ALLOW EARLY MORNING CONCRETE POURS ON THAT SITE BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE GOING DOOR TO DOOR WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO TALK TO THE FOLKS WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED AND SEE IF THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO IT AND IF THEY WOULD BE WHAT THAT WOULD NEED TO LOOK LIKE.

SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE WITH TIMING DEPENDING ON WHAT THE FEEDBACK IS FROM THOSE FOLKS.

BUT THERE'S THERE YOU KNOW, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY MAJOR DELAYS.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, WE WERE WE WERE PROBABLY IN THAT MARCH TIMEFRAME.

LET ME ASK YOU, THIS CONTRACTOR STARTED COULD COULD WE OPEN THE STATION IN THAT TIME FRAME AND THEN CONTINUE TO BUILD THE OTHER THREE BAYS? DON'T DON'T WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED ALL SIX OF THEM UP AND RUNNING TO OPEN THE FIRE HOUSE AND GET IT RESPONDING TO CALLS.

RIGHT. SO IF WE HAVE THREE BAYS TO HOUSE THE APPARATUS THAT ARE RESPONDING OUT OF THERE AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THE RESERVE BAYS, WOULD THAT WOULD THAT BE AN OPTION TO PROPOSE TO.

CROSSLAND MAYBE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE READY TO OPEN IT UP AND THEY CAN KEEP BUILDING AROUND THEM.

OR IS THAT GOING TO MESS UP WHAT THE TRUCKS ARE TRYING TO DO TO GET IN AND OUT OF THERE? NO, I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ABILITY TO USE THE FACILITY IF WE WERE TO STAGE THAT.

WHAT I WHAT I WILL DO IS WE DO HAVE WEEKLY COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH THEM.

AND SO JUSTIN AND I WILL WE'LL BRING THAT UP AND WE'LL WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THE FEEDBACK IS ON THAT. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO.

AND I THINK THE GUYS AT STATION ONE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

WE NEED TO GET THIS OTHER STATION UP AND RUNNING AS FAST AS WE CAN.

THEY'RE RUNNING THEIR TAILS OFF.

COUNCILWOMAN WE WILL CERTAINLY ASK THE QUESTIONS, BUT IT MAY BE OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DON'T MOVE IN UNTIL EVERYTHING IS DONE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO COORDINATE WITH OUR FIRE CHIEF TO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFFING IS IN PLACE AND THAT WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE OVER THERE APPROPRIATELY FOR AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR THE FIRE CHIEF, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT PUTTING PEOPLE IN THERE UNTIL WE'RE COMFORTABLE PUTTING PEOPLE IN THERE AND THAT WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE.

AND PART OF OUR MY BUDGET WILL BE INCREASING OUR STAFFING TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE READY TO MOVE IN THERE.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING PREEMPTIVELY IF THAT'S WHAT PUSHED US BACK.

RIGHT. IS IT ADDING THE THREE BAYS IS THE MAIN ISSUE? AND WHEN WE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING THE THREE BAYS, THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND FINISH UP SOME DESIGN WORK.

SO THAT DID DELAY THE START OF THE CONSTRUCTION VERY.

AND THAT'S GOING TO MAKE FOR SAFE OPERATION, OBVIOUSLY, AND FOR SAFETY OF THE GUYS AND GALS IN THE STATION.

I COMPLETELY AGREE. BUT IF IT'S A SEPARATE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT CAN CONTINUE TO BE BUILT AND IT'S NOT HOUSING APPARATUS RIGHT NOW.

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BUT IF IT'S IF IT'S NOT FEASIBLE, IT'S JUST AN OPTION I'M THROWING OUT THERE THAT IT MIGHT BE WORTH LOOKING INTO.

NO, THAT'S IT'S THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK AND THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN WE CAN LOOK INTO AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BOTH WITH WITH CHIEF ISOM AND WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU GUYS.

AND THEN WHEN YOU SAY DUAL COMPANY STATION, MAYBE THIS IS FOR THE CHIEF, TOO.

I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE TACTICS ARE LOCAL.

WHERE I WORK, A DUAL COMPANY IS A TRUCK AND ENGINE AND A MED UNIT.

IS THAT IS THAT THE GOAL? THAT. WAS THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO? I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE CHIEF, SO I'LL LET I'LL LET HIM KIND OF EXPLAIN.

SOMETIMES CITIES LOOK AT A DUAL COMPANY AS IT'S AN ENGINE AND AN AMBULANCE, AND THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH YOU GUYS.

RIGHT. SO.

OUR APPROACH TO DUAL COMPANIES WOULD BE TO WOULD BE AN ENGINE, A LADDER.

AND A MED UNIT.

SO IT'LL BE TWO FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS AND THEN A MEDICAL UNIT.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING TO OCCUR STRAIGHT OUT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

EITHER AN ENGINE OR A LADDER, WHICHEVER STAFFING ALLOWS FOR.

AND THEN A MID UNIT.

OKAY. WHEN WE OPEN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO.

BUT THE GOAL EVENTUALLY THE PLAN THAT'S THAT'S MY OUR VISION.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

WHEN I READ THAT, I THOUGHT THAT'S A WHOLE STAFFING ISSUE, ANOTHER BUDGETARY ISSUE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

RIGHT. SO I THINK READING FROM THE SLIDE, IT SAYS PROJECT GOALS DUAL COMPANY, THAT MEANS IT'S CAPABLE OF DUAL COMPANY.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, STAFFING.

OKAY. NOW, WHETHER OR NOT IT GETS USED AS THAT IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY DEPENDENT UPON STAFFING LEVELS.

PERSONNEL YOU HAVE. YEAH, COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

BUT THE PLAN IS, YOU'RE CORRECT, IS IS TO USE THAT STATION AS A STAGING STATION FOR FUTURE STAGE SO WE CAN HOUSE DUAL COMPANY. WE CAN TECHNICALLY HOUSE DUAL COMPANIES IN CENTRAL AS WELL.

RIGHT. WE'RE JUST A LITTLE MORE CRAMPED, BUT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO TRAIN UP OUR PERSONNEL AND THEN MOVE THEM TO THE FUTURE STATION, RIGHT.

AND THEN WITH SIX BAYS, WE COULD POTENTIALLY BUY APPARATUS AHEAD OF TIME FOR FUTURE FIRE STATIONS AND HOUSE THEM OUT OF THERE WHILE THEY'RE BEING BUILT.

CORRECT? POTENTIALLY.

BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE USED.

WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY TAKE UP TWO OF THOSE WITH JUST RESERVE.

NO APPARATUS. OKAY.

I'M STILL IN THE MARKET FOR A GOOD MS SIDE BY SIDE KIND OF.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER EQUIPMENT NEEDS, RIGHT? SO. OKAY.

I APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THINKING THE SAME.

SURE. DO WE PLAN ON GREG HAVING CROSLAND COME IN AT SOME POINT WITH UPDATES ON.

THE STATION OR.

SURE. THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, DEFINITELY WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE.

YES, SIR, WE WILL DO. IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR OPTION.

I'D APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR.

THE ONLY OTHER ONE I HAD WAS FOR JESSE ON THE DOWNTOWN THING, ON THIS.

ON OUR UTILITIES OVER HERE.

YES, SIR. YOU HAD ONE SLIDE THAT SHOWED FIREFIGHTER CAPABILITIES FOR OUR WATER LINES.

YES, SIR. IS THAT A FUTURE PHASE OR IS THAT ALREADY READY TO GO? NOW WE HAVE THOSE LINES.

SO SOME OF THESE LINES IN THIS DOWNTOWN AREA, LIKE RIGGINS, RIGHT.

THE STREET RIGHT OVER HERE, WE HAD A SIX INCH AND THEN IT REDUCED DOWN TO A TWO INCH.

SO SO WE'RE ADDING FIRE HYDRANTS AND WE'RE UPSIZING SOME OF THESE LINES.

WHEN I TALKED ABOUT FOURTH STREET EARLIER, FOURTH STREET IN BETWEEN HIGHWAY FIVE AND THE DART RIGHT OF WAY IS AN EIGHT INCH LINE.

BUT WHEN YOU GET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOURTH STREET, IT'S A TWO INCH LINE.

WE CAN'T FIGHT FIRES WITH A TWO INCH LINE.

WE KNOW THAT. SO WE'RE UPSIZING THAT LINE AND WE'RE MAKING THINGS BETTER.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S PUT IN THAT SLIDE, BUT IT'S TIED TO CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND THE AREA THAT I IDENTIFIED WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I'VE GOT WITH THE FIRE CHIEF THE LINE THAT RUNS, YOU KNOW, EAST OF DART, IT'S TOO SMALL FOR CHIEF ISOM AND HIS GUYS TO FIGHT FIRE.

SO WE'RE UPSIZING THOSE.

WE'RE PUTTING IN HYDRANTS FOR THESE GUYS AND WORKING AS A TEAM AND TRYING TO GET THE BEST PROJECT THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY GET WITH THE MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN TO US FROM THE COVID MONEY.

AND THEN THE PLAN I'M OBVIOUSLY, I GUESS, IS THAT'S ALREADY DONE BEFORE WE'RE OPENING THE LIBRARY AND OTHER LARGE.

YES, SIR. AND SO SO THAT'S ONE REASON, RIGHT? COORDINATION WITH THIS DOWNTOWN STREET EXPANSION, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THESE UTILITIES WERE UPGRADED.

THIS WAS AN OLD CAST IRON MAN THAT OBVIOUSLY MAIN BREAKS HAPPEN OVER TIME.

NOW WE HAVE A NEW PVC MAIN THAT WE CAN BUILD A CONCRETE ROAD ON TOP OF, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THESE MAIN BREAKS UNDERNEATH A BRAND NEW STREET WHERE YOU GET PATCHES EVERYWHERE. SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PLANNED, YOU KNOW, WHERE THIS UTILITY GOES, WHERE THESE STREETS ARE COMING, FOLLOWING RIGHT AFTER.

LIKE I SAID, NEXT MONTH, I PLAN ON TAKING A CONTRACT TO YOU GUYS FOR THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

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LET'S START THE STREET AND GET THIS THING KNOCKED OUT.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU.

YES, SIR. I GOT A COUPLE JUST TO KIND OF.

CAME UP WITH ONE WHILE YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE FIRE.

WHEN WE SAY MED UNIT, DOES THAT MEAN AMBULANCE? SO DOES THAT HAVE WE LOOKED IN? HAVE WE STARTED LOOKING IN? BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES LIKE, WHAT, NINE MONTHS OR 12 MONTHS TO ORDER A THIRD AMBULANCE? DO WE HAVE ONE ON ORDER YET? SO, YES. LET THE CITY MANAGER ANSWER THAT.

YES, WE DO. AND PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE TO INCREASING OUR FIRE STAFFING SO WE CAN HAVE TWO AMBULANCES ON THE ROADS AT THE SAME TIME.

ALL RIGHT. SO. MY OTHER QUESTIONS.

BRIAN THIS MIGHT BE FOR BRYANT PARK, PHASE ONE.

WHAT IS IT? PHASE ONE. WHAT'S ALREADY THERE FOR THE FENCE ON THE SOCCER? THAT WAS REALLY JUST VINCE ON THE SOCCER GOALS JUST SO WE COULD USE THAT PARK SO WE COULD ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING OUT THERE.

BUT ONCE YOU GET INTO THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER, THE CRACKS IN THAT CLAY MAKE IT UNUSABLE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING IN WITH JUST THIS HALF OF THE IRRIGATION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY THERE WAS NO MONEY IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR BRYANT.

WE ACTUALLY THINK IT WAS A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO WE DID A BUDGET AMENDMENT JUST SO WE COULD PAY FOR THE IRRIGATION OUT THERE.

SO BRYANT WAS ALREADY ALWAYS SCHEDULED FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

WE JUST MOVED IT UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HELD OUR SOCCER SEASON OUT ON THE AREA NORTH OF THE EXISTING PARKING BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND ROSEMONT AT CEDAR CREEK.

THAT'S ABOUT TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND DO HALF THE IRRIGATION AT BRYANT, WHICH IS ROUGHLY THE EQUAL AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT WE HAD AT SLAYTER TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT IRRIGATION A LITTLE AHEAD OF TIME SO WE CAN HAVE A PLACE TO PLAY SOCCER.

SO WHEN IS THE BATHROOMS COME INTO PLAY? THAT'S GOING TO COME IN WHEN WE MASTERPLAN THE PARK, WHICH IS GOING TO COME UP.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO GO SO WE CAN START DESIGN AS CLOSE TO OCTOBER AS POSSIBLE.

OKAY. BATHROOM.

NOT AT SLAYTER, BUT BATHROOMS AT BRYANT.

YES. OKAY.

SO THAT'S STILL WE'RE STILL DOING THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THE ANNA CROSSING ANNA TOWN SQUARE.

PHASE ONE DESIGN.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHAT ANNA RANCH? WHAT WAS JUST PRESENTED TO US? OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKLAND THAT WAS DEDICATED TO US IN ANNA TOWN SQUARE? SURE. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROJECTS.

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THE ACREAGE THAT WAS DEDICATED AS PART OF THE ANNA TOWN SQUARE AND A TOWN SQUARE PROJECT.

SO THIS IS THAT PROPERTY THAT'S OFF OF FINLEY ON THE EAST SIDE OF LEONARD.

IF YOU CONTINUE FINLEY, YOU HAVE THAT LARGE ACREAGE THAT'S LIKE A DUMP ZONE FOR ALL THE EXTRA ROCK AND DIRT AND EVERYTHING.

CORRECT. SO WE WANT TO TAKE THAT PIG AND PUT LIPSTICK ON IT.

OKAY. ONE LAST QUESTION.

I'M PROBABLY GOING TO RUFFLE A LITTLE FEATHERS, BUT DOES THE EDC NOT HAVE MORE MONEY THAN 2 MILLION TO SPEND ON OUR PLAZA? DO THEY NOT HAVE THE 3.5? I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THEIR FUND BALANCE IS.

THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I CAN GET WITH OUR EDC DIRECTOR, JOEY GRISHAM, AND HAVE HIM FOLLOW UP.

I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY DECIDED TO GO WITH THE 2 MILLION AND NOT 3.5.

AND NOW WE HAVE TO YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXPANDING THE PARKS BY A LOT.

AND NOW PARKS IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH MORE MONEY TO BUILD A PLAZA, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO, COUNCILMAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR EDC DO SOMETHING.

UNDERSTOOD. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE RESPECTED THE FACT THAT THE EDC BOARD CHOSE TO GIVE THAT AMOUNT AND KNOWING THAT WE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH THE REST TO FUND THE PLAZA, WE CAN.

IT'S CITY MONEY. YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S CITY MONEY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAZA IS A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE EDC BOARD FOR GIVING WHAT IT CHOSE TO GIVE AND WE WILL FUND THE REST.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND BRINGING US IN THE COMMUNITY UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE STAND.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE QUITE A BIT GOING ON, SO.

CAREFUL WITH COMMUNICATING DATES.

WE'RE NOT REALLY GREAT AT THAT.

SO IF YOU PUT IT OUT THERE, IT BECOMES IN STONE.

SO. REGARDING RIGGINS AND FIFTH STREET RESURFACING, THAT I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT BUILDING THOSE STREETS WHILE WE HAVE

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IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN POSTPONE THOSE DO SEVENTH, BUT NOT DO FIFTH AND RIGGINS UNTIL AFTER WE GET DONE WITH THAT HEAVY CONSTRUCTION? SO WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING IS ACTUALLY BUILDING THAT OUT AND THEN USING RIGGINS AS THE LAY DOWN AREA.

SO BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING ALL OF THAT WITH THE REINFORCEMENT AND THE CONCRETE DEPTH AND THE SUBGRADE THAT OF A PUBLIC STREET, IT WILL ACTUALLY BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN LIKE A STANDARD PARKING LOT.

AND SO IN WORKING WITH THE DESIGN TEAM, THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO US DOING IT THIS WAY.

AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF IS BECAUSE WHAT WHAT I THINK MY INITIAL CONCERN WHEN I HAD A SIMILAR CONCERN TO WHAT YOU'RE BROACHING IS WE OFTEN SEE WITH THESE NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WHERE THEY TEAR UP THE ASPHALT ROADS COMING IN AND OUT.

BUT IN THIS SITUATION, BECAUSE THESE ARE GOING TO BE THICK, CONCRETE ROADWAYS DESIGNED BASED ON A GEOTECHNICAL STUDY REINFORCED, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO MORE THAN CARRY THE LOADS THAT WILL BE PLACED ON IT BUT ACTUALLY, THE BETTER PART IS WHEN WE HAVE STEEL COMING TO THE SITE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE STACKED IN PLACED OUT THERE IN THAT RIGGINS AREA.

AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO IS WHEN WE HAVE RAINFALL EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO AFFECT US AS MUCH AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE LAY DOWN AREAS ARE ON DIRT OR GRASS.

IT TURNS INTO A MUD PIT AND YOU HAVE TO SHUT DOWN.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO NOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYTHING CAN HAPPEN THROUGH THE RAIN, BUT IT WILL HAVE A NET BENEFIT FOR THAT.

BUT WE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED THESE ROADS IN SUCH A WAY TO WHERE THEY CAN HANDLE THE ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC FOR THIS PROJECT.

YES, SIR. YOU KNEW WHERE I WAS GOING? YES, SIR. I'D RATHER NOT PAY THE MONEY TWICE.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A GOOD PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTION.

REGARDING THE SEVEN MORE EASEMENTS NEEDED FOR HIGHWAY FIVE, IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC DELAY THAT ON THOSE? WHAT'S. I FIGURED WE'D HAVE THIS DONE BY NOW.

SO THEY'RE EACH INDIVIDUALLY UNIQUE SITUATIONS.

SO WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE ON SEVERAL OF THEM.

YOU KNOW IT'S.

BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE ABSENTEE LANDOWNERS.

THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE ANNA AREA.

THEY MAY NOT EVEN LIVE IN THE STATE, BUT THEY JUST OWN PROPERTY ON FIVE AS AN INVESTMENT.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT.

THEY WANT TO GET ABSOLUTE TOP DOLLAR AND.

AS SUCH, OFTENTIMES THEY WANT TO HOLD OUT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO TRY TO GET THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE OFFER THAT THEY CAN GET, OBVIOUSLY.

AND THEY'RE NOT AS INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO MAY HAVE ANOTHER NEED THAT WE CAN ADDRESS WITH THE PROJECT, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A PURE INVESTMENT.

THEY DON'T LIVE THERE. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING AND SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF SOME OF THOSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BECAUSE IT COULD TURN INTO A IT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION FOR EACH ONE.

I'LL SAY THAT YOU CAN PLAY IT SAFE.

IT'S FINE. AND I LIKE THAT YOU JUST COMMUNICATED THAT OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE CITY OF ANNA AND HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ALL OF US TO MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN EXPEDIENTLY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANKS, GREG. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE CANCEL? THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.

I'M GOOD WITH THE MANAGING EXPECTATIONS.

I THINK GIVING DATES GOOD THAT HOLDS EVERYBODY'S FEET TO THE FIRE ALL THE WAY UP THE LINE.

SO GOOD JOB ON THAT.

WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK IN TERMS OF QUARTERS.

WE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND THEN AS WE GET CLOSER, WE WANT TO TRY TO NARROW THOSE THINGS DOWN.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT, THOUGH.

I MEAN, ACCOUNTABILITY IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT WE PRESENT TO YOU ALL IN THE PUBLIC.

ALL RIGHT. AND MAYOR PRO TEM.

MILESTONES ARE VERY HELPFUL TO COMMUNICATE SO THAT WE DON'T HIT IT THE LAST MINUTE.

OH, BY THE WAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIT THIS DATE.

SURE. MANAGE EXPECTATIONS.

THANK YOU. AND I LOVE THE FITNESS CENTER.

BY THE WAY, THAT WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING TWO MINUTES I'VE HAD IN A VERY LONG TIME ANYWAY.

COUNSELOR, THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.

I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS AND CERTAINLY GREG AND I ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

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ON THE NUMBER FIVE WORK SESSION.

[5. Work Session]

ROSS. YES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO-TEM, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A LAND USE DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION FOR A TRACK OF LAND THAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED C TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

THE PROPERTY WAS INITIALLY ZONED BACK IN 2018 FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, WHERE YOU HAD 72 TO THE NORTH AND COMMERCIAL TO THE SOUTH ALONG EAST FOSTER CROSSING.

THERE WAS A MODIFICATION TO THAT ZONING BACK IN 21 WHERE A PORTION OF THAT C TWO ZONING WAS RE ZONED TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE PROPERTY OWNER, SAM FRANKLIN, IS HERE THIS EVENING WITH THE BRIEF PRESENTATION TO GO OVER WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY AND SOME CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY FACING WITH THE MARKET.

SAM FRANKLIN.

FRANKLIN LAND COMPANY.

1650. WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAY.

MCKINNEY, TEXAS.

75069. SO THIS IS WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS A REZONE OF PROPERTY THAT WE CURRENTLY OWN ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF HIGHWAY FIVE AND EAST FOSTER CROSSING.

I SAY THAT WE CURRENTLY OWN BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING PRETTY HARD TO GET COMMERCIAL ZONING IN THIS THIS PARTICULAR AREA FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW.

IT WAS PART OF A LARGER ACQUISITION, WHICH WAS 18 ACRES FROM THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER OF ANNA TOWN CENTER.

THEY HAD BEEN MARKETING THIS PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS PRIOR TO OUR ACQUISITION.

WE CAME IN ACQUIRING IT.

WE HAD MORE COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL EXPERTISE THAN THEY DID, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD MAKE THE DEAL WORK.

WE ACQUIRED THIS IN 2021 AND UNFORTUNATELY WE JUST HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK FOR COMMERCIAL.

SO OUR BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT THIS AREA CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AROUND US.

WE ARE LOCKED INTO A C2 ZONING THAT WE ARE THAT WE CANNOT MAKE WORK AND THEN IT GETS HARDER AND HARDER TO REZONE AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE.

SO WE'RE HERE TO PROPOSE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THE PROPERTY TODAY SO THAT WE DON'T END UP IN THAT SCENARIO IN THE FUTURE.

AND THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE TODAY IS A BILL FOR RENT PRODUCT.

ABOUT 110 UNIT MAX IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALONG EAST FOSTER CROSSING.

SO WE WERE A PART OF THE ORIGINAL PALLADIUM EAST FOSTER DEAL AS WELL.

WE HELPED THEM ON THAT REZONE AND AND SUPPORTED THEM ALONG THE WAY.

THAT WAS PART OF OUR ORIGINAL ACQUISITION AS WELL.

WE HOPE TO GET THAT DEAL DONE AND THEN SHIFT INTO, UM, AND THEN REALIZE COMMERCIAL VALUE ON THE REMAINDER. SO DURING THAT REZONE, WE WE LEARNED THAT MAYOR PIKE LIVED IN PROXIMITY TO THE AREA.

SO WE REALLY FELT LIKE IT WAS NECESSARY TO GET HIS BUY IN ON THAT PROJECT ORIGINALLY AS WELL.

WE WOULD NOT HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE PALLADIUM EAST FOSTER IF MAYOR PIKE OPPOSED IT, RIGHT? SO WE TAKE THE SAME TACK ON THIS ONE.

WE KNEW MAYOR PIKE WAS NOT GOING TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

WE SAT DOWN WITH HIM AND GAVE HIM THIS PRESENTATION FIRST, MADE SURE THAT HE WOULD BE ON BOARD FOR THIS PROJECT.

HE DID GIVE US OUR SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT, SO WE DECIDED TO COME WORKSHOP IT WITH YOU GUYS TO SEE IF WE COULD GAIN YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.

SO WE'VE JUST WE'VE, WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE EXHAUSTED OURSELVES OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS ON A COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL DEAL, AND WE'RE HERE TO SEE IF WE CAN PROPOSE A DIFFERENT PROJECT.

SO JUST JUMPING IN, THIS IS THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE ON BOARD TODAY.

WE GOT FRANKLIN LAND COMPANY, CRAIG INTERNATIONAL OUT OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS.

MORPHIC DEVELOPMENT.

TOTEN DESIGN HAS HELPED US WITH OUR CONCEPT MANHART CONSULTING ON BOARD TO GET US THROUGH THE ENGINEERING PROCESS.

SO WE'VE GOT 9.7, NINE FIVE ACRES LEFT OF OUR ORIGINAL ACQUISITION IS CURRENTLY ZONED.

C2 WAS A LARGER A PART OF A LARGER PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS CURRENTLY WHERE IT'S LOCATED.

WE HAVE EAST FOSTER ON OUR SOUTH.

WE'VE GOT VALE LANE ON OUR EAST, ALONG WITH PALLADIUM'S DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE RAIL LINE KEEPING US FROM THE FRONTAGE OF HIGHWAY FIVE, WHICH HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR BIGGER CHALLENGES IN REALIZING THE COMMERCIAL VALUE THERE.

WE ALSO HAVE HOLT CAT, WHO HAS ACQUIRED THE SITE TO THE SOUTH, WHICH I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE AND ARE PLANNING TO DEVELOP AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY THERE.

SO THIS IS JUST A LARGER AERIAL SHOWING THE DOWNTOWN ANNA ALONG WITH Y'ALL'S MAIN THOROUGHFARES AS WELL RELATIVE TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL ACQUISITION WE ACQUIRED THE FULL 18 ACRES AT THE TIME, VALE LANE WAS ALREADY DESIGNED.

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FROM THE GET GO.

WE SAW VALE LANE BASICALLY SEPARATING THE TWO TRACKS AND PUTTING THEM ON ISLANDS.

SO WE WERE HOPING THAT WITH THAT VALE LANE DESIGN, CUTTING THE TRACK IN HALF, WE COULD REZONE PALLADIUM AND IN THE MEANTIME AGAIN REALIZE COMMERCIAL VALUE ON THE TRACK A THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF VALE LANE NOW TRACK A ALSO HAS ITS CHALLENGES.

IT DOES HAVE AGAIN THE DART LINE TO ITS WESTERN BOUNDARY ALONG WITH THE ATMOS GAS EASEMENT THAT THAT IT RUNS THROUGH THE PROPERTY AND BISECTS IT AS WELL.

AGAIN JUST A HISTORY OF TRACK.

WE ACQUIRED IT OFFICIALLY IN 2021.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE 2020.

THE MAIN ISSUES HAVE BEEN THE ATMOS GAS LINE, THE HIGHWAY FIVE, THE LACK OF FRONTAGE ON HIGHWAY FIVE INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTH. WE DID ORIGINALLY EXPLORE IT AS AN INDUSTRIAL REZONE TO KIND OF MATCH IT WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE EDC PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH.

WE LAID IT OUT.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ADJACENCY TO THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH AND THE SETBACK AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, IT DOESN'T LAY OUT OVERLY EFFICIENT AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD BE TOO THRILLED HAVING INDUSTRIAL ADJACENT TO THAT SINGLE FAMILY TO THE NORTH EITHER.

SO THIS IS THE TRACK AS IT SITS TODAY.

IT'S AGAIN, 9.7 ACRES, 9.7, NINE FIVE ACRES TOTAL.

THE ATMOS GAS EASEMENT BISECTS IT.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE DART LINE ON OUR WEST AND POLECAT TO THE SOUTH.

SO THE CHALLENGE IS REALLY I'VE TOUCHED ON THEM A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'VE GOT JAMES CRAIG HERE TO AND CRAIG INTERNATIONAL IS DOING A LOT OF THE COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENTS IN MCKINNEY ALONG 121.

THEY'RE A PARTNER IN THIS DEAL.

WE WERE HOPING TO LEVERAGE A LOT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY WERE BUILDING ON THE 121 CORRIDOR AND REALLY JUST HAVEN'T HAD THAT MUCH SUCCESS TO THIS POINT. SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO HIM.

TALK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF THE COMMERCIAL VALUE.

MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS JAMES CRAIG.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF CRAIG INTERNATIONAL.

AS SAM JUST MENTIONED, REALLY, HE COVERED A LOT OF IT.

ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO A PROJECT UP HERE IN ANNA FOR A LONG TIME.

I'M BORN AND RAISED IN MCKINNEY AND, YOU KNOW, HAD BUDDIES AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO THIS DAY THAT STILL LIVE HERE IN THIS CITY.

SO I HOPE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE TO COME IN THE FUTURE.

I REALLY THINK THAT OUR PROPOSED USE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF TRANSITIONAL OF A TRANSITIONAL USE OR A BUFFER USE.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO PHRASE IT WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH AND THEN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH. YOU KNOW, USUALLY SOME SORT OF MAYBE A HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OR WHETHER IT'S DETACHED OR ATTACHED PRODUCT KIND OF LENDS ITSELF TO TO THAT BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE SINGLE FAMILY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MORE INTENSIVE USE IS, IS GOING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT FROM A COMMERCIAL VIABILITY STANDPOINT.

AS SAM MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS NOW FOR OVER THREE YEARS THROUGH OUR PROCESS OF DEVELOPING ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

CRAIG RANCH SPECIFICALLY, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DIFFERENT FOOD GROUPS, IF YOU WILL, AND WE JUST COULD NOT GET ANY TAKERS ON THIS.

AS SAM MENTIONED, THE LACK OF FRONTAGE ALONG HIGHWAY FIVE HERTZ.

THE OTHER CHALLENGE, AND WE KNEW IT WHEN WE CAME INTO IT, SO IS THAT ATMOS GAS LINE EASEMENT.

AND SO IF YOU IN A MOMENT, I THINK WE'LL SHOW YOU OUR LAND PLAN.

BUT MY ONLY POINT IS, AS IT RELATES TO THAT GAS LINE EASEMENT, IS WE TRIED TO TAKE A NEGATIVE AND TURN THAT INTO A POSITIVE BY CREATING A SOME SORT OF HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL SYSTEM, HARDSCAPE AND LANDSCAPE SO THAT SO THAT WE COULD BUILD A TOP OF THE LINE TOP OF CLASS PRODUCT.

AND THAT'S ALWAYS OUR INTENTION WHEN WE COME INTO THIS THING.

THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT IT'S ONLY 9.7 ACRES.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A TON OF UNITS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

RIGHT, RIGHT AROUND 100 UNITS.

I PERSONALLY I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF, YOU KNOW, JUST PACKING AS MANY, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH RENTAL PRODUCT AS YOU CAN

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I DON'T THINK THAT REALLY I DON'T THINK THAT ADDS VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP IN THAT WAY.

BUT WITH THE MULTIFAMILY RIGHT THERE ACROSS THE STREET AND EVERYTHING I'VE MENTIONED UP TO THIS POINT, I THINK THAT BILL FOR RENT WOULD BE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

SAM, DO WE HAVE THE LAND PLAN? I'M SUPPOSED TO BE. TECHNICALLY, I'M A MILLENNIAL, BUT I AM A LITTLE TECHNICALLY CHALLENGED AT TIMES, SO I HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME RIGHT HERE.

SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING.

WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF SOME TOWNHOME PRODUCTS, SOME SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED PRODUCT.

AS YOU'LL SEE, THE DETACHED PRODUCT IN YELLOW IS ABUTS AND IS ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH, TRYING TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT THAT BUFFER OR CREATE THAT TRANSITION.

EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS GOING TO BE HIGHLY AMENITIZED AND BEST IN CLASS AS IT RELATES TO THE MARKET THAT WE'RE IN.

WE'RE ALSO A HUGE FAN OF TRYING TO COMBINE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRODUCT INTO ONE PROJECT.

I JUST THINK THAT ENHANCES THE VALUE OF THE SURROUNDING AREA, YOU KNOW? OTHER THAN THAT, I WOULD SAY THAT FROM A COMMERCIAL VIABILITY STANDPOINT, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT IN THIS AGE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE IN ALL KINDS OF USES THAT WE THOUGHT WERE INTERNET PROOF OR ARE NO LONGER INTERNET PROOF.

AND SO THAT CREATES A SITUATION WHERE RETAIL DEVELOPERS ARE SHRINKING THEIR FOOTPRINT MORE AND MORE AND ARE ALSO SUPER OR MORE SELECTIVE THAN THEY EVER HAVE BEEN ON PICKING AND CHOOSING WHERE THEY DECIDE TO DEVELOP.

AND I JUST THINK THERE'S TOO MANY OTHER OPTIONS FOR THEM THAT ARE CLOSER TO THAT PATHWAY OF FUTURE GROWTH ALONG THAT 75 CORRIDOR TO WHERE I JUST DON'T SEE THIS DEVELOPING FROM A COMMERCIAL STANDPOINT OR RETAIL STANDPOINT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, FIVE, SEVEN, TEN YEARS.

I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVEN IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET A RETAIL DEVELOPER IN HERE, JUST FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I REALLY DON'T SEE ANYTHING OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, A NAIL SALON AND A DONUT SHOP AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL COMMERCIAL AND NO OFFENSE TO DONUT SHOPS AND NAIL SALONS, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT ENHANCES ENHANCES THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE EITHER.

SO I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A QUESTION REAL QUICK AND I'LL LET THE COUNCIL DIVE IN.

SO WITHOUT GETTING INTO ANY SPECIFICS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN'T YOU MENTIONED GROCERY STORES.

ANY OTHER TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT YOU APPROACHED WHILE YOU WERE YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED TO RETAIL DEVELOPERS WHO WOULD COME IN AND KIND OF DO A MIX OF DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A NAIL SALON OR A DONUT SHOP, BUT SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

WE'VE SPOKEN WITH A FEW FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT USERS, ONE THAT COULDN'T MAKE A DEAL WORK IN CRAIG RANCH EXCUSE ME, BUT STILL HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM TO THIS DAY.

AND THEY JUST SAID THAT THE TRAFFIC COUNTS JUST DON'T JUSTIFY IT OR SUPPORT IT.

WE EVEN LOOKED AT SELF STORAGE, WHICH IS ANOTHER USE THAT'S USUALLY ON THE BLACK LIST OF OF MOST CITIES.

BUT THEY DIDN'T BITE EITHER.

OKAY. YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU.

THAT'S A VERY AWKWARD COMMERCIAL TRACK.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFICS? YEAH, I DO. BLACK.

YOU SAY BLACK LIST THE STORAGE UNITS.

I MEAN, WE PUT THEM UP IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR TOWN.

SO REALLY BLACK LIST, I WOULD THINK, MULTIFAMILY IN THIS WITHIN THE ONE SQUARE MILE, THERE'S SO MANY.

AND THIS ISN'T NOTHING NEGATIVE TOWARDS YOU, SO DON'T TAKE IT IN A WRONG WAY.

BUT WITHIN ONE SQUARE MILE WE HAVE.

JUST AN AVERAGE, MAYBE 1800 UNITS OF APARTMENTS GOING UP DOWN THE ROAD FROM YOU GUYS.

THERE'S ANOTHER SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT.

IT'S JUST IT'S BECOMING THIS AREA IS BECOMING THE HUB OF MULTIFAMILY.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY, BUT IT'S GETTING IT'S GOING TO BE OVERWHELMING.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC COUNTS MIGHT NOT BE HERE TODAY, BUT GIVE IT TWO YEARS WHENEVER ALL THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE BUILT AND THOSE TRAFFIC COUNTS ARE GOING TO

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UM. STORAGE UNITS.

WHAT ABOUT LIKE.

WAREHOUSE IS LIKE, YOU KNOW.

BUSINESSES. INDUSTRIAL LIGHT.

INDUSTRIAL TYPE THINGS, AND I'LL LOOK INTO THAT.

WE DID. THE CHALLENGE THERE IS WITH THE SETBACKS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE BETWEEN THOSE BAYS IN THE BACK OF MOST INDUSTRIAL TYPE PRODUCT AND THE RESIDENTIAL DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH.

IT JUST CREATES A TON OF UNUSABLE SPACE.

ALSO INDUSTRIAL FOOTPRINT, SO USUALLY A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN YOUR TYPICAL COMMERCIAL FOOTPRINTS.

AND WE'RE JUST NOT WORKING WITH A WHOLE LOT OF SPACE HERE.

HAVE YOU EVER DONE SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT? DO YOU HAVE ANY SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT IN MCKINNEY? YES, SIR. IN CRAIG RANCH.

YOU? WELL.

THE BUILD FOR RENT PHENOMENON, IF YOU WILL, JUST CAME, YOU KNOW, HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE.

YEAH. IT'S LIKE EVERY MEETING.

A NEW ONE. YEAH. OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE DO ACTUALLY.

WE HAVE A BUILD FOR RENT PRODUCT IN THE SPCA, FORMER SPCA SITE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE TPC CRAIG RANCH GOLF COURSE.

THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.

AND THAT'LL BE KIND OF VERY SIMILAR TO THIS IN THE SENSE THAT WE DID SOME DETACHED PRODUCT AROUND THE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH.

WE WORKED WITH THEM EXTENSIVELY IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH JUST TO GET THEIR BUY IN.

AND WE PLAN ON DOING THE EXACT SAME THING AS IT RELATES TO EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT IN ANNA WHO JUST, YOU KNOW, A SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT THING.

JUST MAYBE IT SCARES YOU TOO, BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO.

AND YOU KNOW, I HATE SAYING IT.

I'D RATHER SEE THIS THAN.

A THREE STORY MULTIFAMILY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I'D LIKE TO PRODUCT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRODUCT IS GOING TO BE LIKE IN TEN YEARS.

THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

AND TO THAT STANDPOINT, WE ARE COMPLETELY OPEN TO DEVELOPING THESE IN FEE SIMPLE SO THAT IF THE MARKET IS THERE AND WE CAN CREATE TURN THEM INTO A FOR SALE PRODUCT, WE CAN DO THAT TOO.

AND THEY BASICALLY FUNCTION JUST LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE.

I THINK THAT'S IT. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

NO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I JUST WANT TO THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THAT WE'VE HAD.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE CASES COME UP.

THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO HANDLE THAT.

YOU LET THE MARKET NOT TO INTERRUPT.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOU LET THE MARKET DICTATE EXACTLY HOW IT GOES.

AND IT MIGHT START OFF AS A FOR RENT PRODUCT, BUT AT ANY TIME IT CAN TURN INTO A FOR SALE PRODUCT THAT'S PERFECT.

AND THEN TO ANSWER, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE CONSTANTLY DEALING WITH THESE KIND OF PRODUCTS.

BUT THE WAY I'M APPROACHING IT IS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 40% OF OUR HOUSES AS SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENTS SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

SO SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW WE KIND OF ADDRESS BECAUSE CLEARLY THE MARKET IS THERE FOR THIS KIND OF PRODUCT.

IT JUST IS THERE.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING IT CONSTANTLY OVER.

YEAH, HOW DO WE MOVE THEM OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO SOMEWHERE LIKE THIS? SO AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.

WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE PART OF THE COUNTRY THAT YOU HANG YOUR HAT ON, AFFORDABILITY, QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND THAT HAS CHANGED A LOT OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS.

PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD.

I MEAN, TODAY, NEW CONSTRUCTION AFFORDABLE.

AND CRAIG RANCH IS 550,000 600,000 EASY.

THAT'S NOT AFFORDABLE.

SO WHERE ARE YOUR SERVERS? WHERE ARE YOUR SERVICE WORKERS GOING TO LIVE? WHERE ARE YOUR, YOU KNOW, FIRST, SECOND YEAR TEACHERS, EMTS, NURSES, ETCETERA? WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO LIVE? AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE PHENOMENON.

BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE THINKING, WELL, WHAT IF THIS BUBBLE BURSTS AND WE'RE JUST SITTING HERE WITH ALL THESE YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU CAN TURN THEM INTO A FOR SALE PRODUCT.

AND EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THIS LITTLE I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A RECESSION, BUT IN THE MIDST OF THIS LITTLE DOWNTURN THAT WE'VE BEEN IN RECENTLY, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL MARKET IS STILL STAYED STRONG.

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I REMEMBER WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS ON THE EDC.

I REMEMBER WHEN IT CAME TO US ON THE COUNCIL, THAT GAS LINE AND THAT RAILROAD TRACK MAKES THIS A VERY CHALLENGING PIECE OF PROPERTY.

I REMEMBER WHENEVER WE CUT THE NORTH SIDE OFF TO MAKE THAT RESIDENTIAL AND MAKE THE SOUTH SIDE COMMERCIAL THAT ONE DAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REVISIT THIS.

WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT COMING IN ON THAT PART OF THE WORLD IN ANNA, EVEN THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING WE APPROVED.

I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY HOUSES IT WAS.

IT WAS A BUNCH. WE ALSO APPROVED A PRETTY MAJOR PARK OVER THERE.

WE SET UP A MULTIFAMILY FOR FUTURE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FOSTER CROSS.

AND THEN YOU MENTIONED HOLT CAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT JUST HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE LEERY ABOUT CHANGING THE PLAN AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

I AM WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU ON MY SIDE OF IT.

I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE BROUGHT.

THIS IS CLEVER COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE LOOKED AT IN THE PAST.

I'M NOT WANTING TO GIVE UP ANY POTENTIAL RETAIL THAT WOULD SUPPORT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

NEIGHBORHOODS. I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

WELL, YOU JUST SAW IN THE WORK SESSION BEFORE YOURS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO MAKE LEONARD CONNECT UP ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTER LOOP, ALL THE WAY UP TO 455. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON FOSTER CROSSING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

WE TAKE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ANNA AND EITHER BRING THEM UP TO OUR BERKSHIRES AND WALMART OR WE SEND THEM ON THEIR WAY TOWARD MELISSA AND MCKINNEY.

SO I REALLY DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY THERE TO PROVIDE WHAT THEY'RE GOING ELSEWHERE TO GET.

I AM WILLING FROM MY THOUGHTS, IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING COMMERCIAL ACROSS THE FRONT THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I REALLY WANTED TO SEE A GROCERY STORE OR CONVENIENCE STORE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR THESE FAMILIES.

ALSO, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR YOU'VE DRIVEN FIVE RECENTLY.

THERE'S NO GAS STATIONS.

THE NEAREST ONE IS FAR SOUTH OR ALL THE WAY UP IN VAN ALSTYNE.

SO. IT WOULD HELP US IN THE CITY OF ANNA IF ALL OF THESE CONVENIENCES WERE PROVIDED ON THIS PROPERTY SO THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO GO ELSEWHERE.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANY.

PLAN B THAT WOULD SUPPORT COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS I'D LIKE TO SAY KNOW, I COME IN WITH A PLAN B AND A PLAN C, BUT NOT AT THIS POINT.

AND NOT BECAUSE WE CAN'T.

AND NOT BECAUSE WE WON'T.

JUST BECAUSE WE REALLY.

WANTED. I THINK WE LIKE TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING HOLISTICALLY AND TALK WITH THE CITY, GET FEEDBACK LIKE WHAT YOU JUST STATED, AND KIND OF GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND WE'LL CERTAINLY TAKE ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND GET AS CREATIVE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

THE CHALLENGE IS AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S ONLY 9.7 ACRES.

SO IF YOU TAKE AN ACRE OR TWO OFF, THAT REALLY THROWS OUR NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, OUT OF WHACK.

AND SO WHAT'S THE SOLUTION THERE? WILL WE CREATE MORE UNITS? WELL, IF WE CREATE MORE UNITS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO HIGHER AND THEN THAT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE RESIDENTIAL BEHIND IT.

SO IT'S THAT CONSTANT BALANCING ACT.

BUT I.

COMPLETELY RESPECT WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND THEY'RE ALL VALID POINTS.

SO WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

I'VE SEEN I'VE GOT TO ENJOY SOME OF YOUR WORK THERE IN MCKINNEY AT CRAIG RANCH.

I LOVE TO SEE YOU MAKE SOME BEAUTIFUL PRODUCT HERE IN ANNA WANTING TO WORK WITH YOU.

I DON'T KNOW. HAVE YOU DONE ANY PROJECTS IN ANNA BEFORE? NO, SIR. THIS WOULD BE MY FIRST ONE.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS INCREDIBLE.

WE HAVE MANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE JUST WAITING FOR CERTAIN PIECES TO FALL INTO PLACE SO THAT THEY CAN.

BUILD TRIGGER AND ALL THAT TRAFFIC COUNTS IS CERTAINLY PART OF IT.

I THINK YOU WILL FIND IT A VERY PLEASANT EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF ANNA.

AND IF YOU DO ANYTHING LIKE YOU'VE DONE BEFORE, I THINK YOU CAN MAKE THIS WORK.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH US AND IT WILL NOT TAKE VERY LONG TO POPULATE ANY ECONOMIC ITEMS YOU BRING.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I MEAN, I WAS INVOLVED IN THE BACKGROUND WITH THE PALLADIUM DEAL ACROSS THE STREET.

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AND I'M THE CHAIRMAN NOW.

SO I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE FOLKS HERE IN ANNA.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ALWAYS SAID NOT TO GET ALL WARM AND FUZZY ON YOU, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES WHERE WHEN YOU WALK IN THERE LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION ON HOW TO MAKE IT WORK, NOT EVERY SINGLE REASON WHY YOU CAN'T MAKE IT WORK.

AND I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT A LOT OF DEVELOPERS ARE LEAPFROGGING MELISSA.

NOTHING AGAINST MELISSA.

NOT VERY DEVELOPMENT FRIENDLY IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, AND ARE DECIDING TO COME TO ANNA INSTEAD.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, THOUGH, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, I CANNOT SEE ANY WAY WHERE I'M GOING TO CHANGE ANY ZONING TO MULTIFAMILY AT THIS TIME.

IT'S JUST WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.

I JUST DON'T SEE IT.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEAS WHAT YOU CAN PUT THERE.

I KNOW IT'S HARD AND I KNOW THAT THE REASON YOU'RE DOING THIS IS BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE MONEY.

I GET THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN TEN YEARS OR 15 YEARS.

LIKE YOU SAID, IT MIGHT BE A FOR SALE, BUT MY FEAR IS IT GOES FOR SALE.

SOME GUY BUYS UP A BLOCK, HE RENTS THAT OUT, HE DOESN'T MAINTAIN IT.

WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YES, SIR. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP, THOUGH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR.

ANYBODY ELSE. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING. YOU TOO.

OKAY. ITEM FIVE B MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN DISCUSSION PERSIMMON DRIVE.

GREG. MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

TONIGHT, WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM DON COLLINS TO COME GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEF PRESENTATION REGARDING HIS PROJECT LOCATED JUST OFF OF 455 ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE OAK HOLLOW NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S ACTUALLY GOT A MIX OF OF USES, INCLUDING SOME MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL.

AND HE HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO THE CITY FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER ADDING PERSIMMON DRIVE TO THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

IT IS THE ROAD IS NOT CURRENTLY IN THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

IT DOES TIE FROM 455 TO THE OAK HOLLOW NEIGHBORHOOD, THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO WE WANTED TO ALLOW HIM TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION SO THAT HE CAN PRESENT TO YOU SOME OF THE REASONS WHY HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS REQUEST AND GET SOME FEEDBACK TONIGHT SO THAT HE AND HIS TEAM AND STAFF KNOW WHICH DIRECTION TO TAKE THIS BECAUSE TO ADD A PROJECT TO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN WOULD REQUIRE US TO GO THROUGH BOTH PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND SO PRIOR TO DOING THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO MR. COLLINS. THANK YOU.

AND MAYOR PRO TEM, AS MR. COLLINS COMES TO THE PODIUM, I THINK THIS ISN'T A VOTING ITEM, OF COURSE, BUT IF THERE IS ISN'T ANY OBJECTION TO US PROCESSING THIS THROUGH OUR PLANNING AND ZONING AND THEN COMING TO COUNCIL TO AMEND OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND WE WILL PROCEED IN THAT MANNER.

THANK YOU, MR. COLLINS.

THAT'S IT, HUH? OKAY.

MAYOR, PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

I WANT TO SEND A SHOUT OUT, I GUESS, FOR RYAN AND ALSO GREG GETTING ME ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.

AND I ALSO HAVE A GENTLEMAN HERE FROM JP, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, OUT OF MY PROJECT, WHICH IS A GROSS 65 ACRES NET, APPROXIMATELY 50 ACRES, MADE A SALE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR TO JP.

AND THE REASON WHY I DID, I MADE A COMMITMENT.

THE LAST ZONING CASE ON THIS PROJECT WAS IN 2020.

I'VE DONE PROJECTS.

I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 95, BEFORE THERE WAS REALLY ANY NEED FOR PROJECTS.

BUT I SPENT 28 YEARS IN ANNA AND I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO BRING THE BEST POTENTIAL USER TO THE TABLE, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S ON MY PROJECT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT MOST CITIES, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU DID FOR ME LATELY AND THEY ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING QUALITY DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS AND IN ALL FORMS SINGLE FAMILY, COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY.

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JP HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE PREMIER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPERS.

THE OTHER REASON, I CHOSE JP AND IT'S KIND OF TIES BACK INTO THE PREVIOUS CASE A LITTLE BIT IS THEIR INTEREST IS NOT ONLY IN MULTIFAMILY NOW, BUT I GUESS NATIONWIDE.

THEY'RE ALSO DOING A LOT OF FOR RENT PRODUCT.

AND I'VE GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU AND TELL YOU THAT I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE SINGLE FAMILY BUILDERS.

NOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL LARGE SINGLE FAMILY BUILDERS AND THEY KNOW THEIR MARKET.

AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THEY'VE GOTTEN REALLY HEAVY INTO FOR RENT PRODUCT.

BUT I'M MORE COMFORTABLE WITH PEOPLE THAT THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS AND HAS BEEN RENTING APARTMENTS, MAINTAINING THE APARTMENTS, HAVING THE SYNERGY OF YOUR MAINTENANCE CREW.

I USED TO BE INVOLVED IN AN INVESTMENT GROUP.

WE HAD 5500 UNITS OF APARTMENTS ACROSS DFW METROPLEX.

WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WAS HAVE PROJECTS AS CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AS POSSIBLE.

THAT WAY YOU COULD UTILIZE THE SAME MAINTENANCE PEOPLE, THE SAME LEASING PEOPLE, AND YOU WERE FAMILIAR AND YOU KNEW YOUR PROJECTS.

SO AND THAT'S THE COMFORT LEVEL I GET FROM JPI, NOT ONLY BEING A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER, BUT ALSO TRYING TO GROW THE BUSINESS INTO THE RENTAL PRODUCT BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THAT TYPE OF CLIENT, THAT TYPE OF CUSTOMER AND THAT TYPE OF PRODUCT MAINTENANCE.

EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO THE GENTLEMAN I HAVE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, CHRIS HITCH, HE'S THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR JPI ON THIS PROJECT AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW ON IT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR YOU ARE.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE NEW TO COUNCIL THAT PROBABLY SINCE WE TOOK THIS THROUGH COUNCIL YOU CURRENTLY HAVE I GUESS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS PLAN.

SHOWS THE SITE PLAN.

IT IS IN OUR PACKET.

OKAY. WHICH BUTTON? OH, YOU'VE GOT. ALL RIGHTY.

YOU'VE GOT THIS PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU NOW.

OKAY. YOU'LL NOTICE 455 OR WHITE STREET IS I GUESS YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT AND IT'S KIND OF ON YOUR LEFT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY, OF COURSE, TO THE NORTH, THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 455 CREEKSIDE, THEIR MAIN SPINE ROAD GOING INTO CREEKSIDE IS ACTUALLY CREEKSIDE LANE I BELIEVE IT IS CREEKSIDE DRIVE AND BUT PERSIMMON IS THE NAME OF OUR STREET SOUTH OF 455.

AND THE REASON WHY THAT IS, IS BECAUSE PERSIMMON IS ACTUALLY THE CURRENT ROAD SITUATED IN OAK HOLLOW, PHASE SIX.

IT GOES DOWN TO TAYLOR.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO IS TO NAME IT PERSIMMON.

THE THE ORIGINAL.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE THIS PROJECT AGAIN, IT WAS APPROVED IN 2020 FOR ZONING.

IN THE PROJECT WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 21 ACRES DIVIDED UP BETWEEN 300 AND 25 UNITS OF FOR RENT PRODUCT.

WE HAVE 75 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS AND THEN 250 UNITS OF APARTMENTS.

THE YELLOW THE SINGLE FAMILY THAT REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 90 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.

JUST NORTH OF THAT, YOU'LL HAVE A SMALL OFFICE SIDE, APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF TO THREE ACRES.

AND THEN ON THE FRONT WE HAVE COMMERCIAL.

MY HOPE AS THE PROPERTY OWNER DEVELOPER ALONG WITH JPI, IS THAT ON THE WEST SIDE OF PERSIMMON, THE NORTH SOUTH ROAD, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET SOME SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS, AT LEAST IN ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS ON THE EAST SIDE POTENTIALLY COMMERCIAL.

I WOULDN'T FIGHT ANOTHER SIT DOWN RESTAURANT THOUGH.

PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT TO BE TOO CLOSE TO THE STORAGE OR THE TO THE TIRE STORE, BUT WE CAN WORK THAT OUT.

THE. OUR ESTIMATED WHEN THE PROJECT IS TOTALLY DONE, WE'RE GOING TO BE OVER.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OVER $100 MILLION ON THE TAX ROLLS.

AND WE HAD COME IN, I GUESS I'D HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH JOEY GRISHAM AT EDC, ALSO HAD A QUICK MEETING WITH THE MAYOR AND SPOKE TO HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD YOU KNOW, WE BASICALLY GREW THE PROJECT AND BECAUSE IF YOU NOTICE THE STAR I PUT ON THE PLAN ON THE ROAD, IT'S RIGHT THERE WHERE THE SINGLE FAMILY AND THE OFFICE TRACK MEET.

THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL PLAN, WAS TO BRING THE ROAD IN AND IT WAS GOING TO HAVE A LARGE CUL DE SAC THERE BASICALLY TO SERVICE THE FIRE VEHICLES, FIRE PROTECTION.

WHEN WE WENT BACK THROUGH ZONING IN 20, PLANNING, OF COURSE, PLANNING STAFF, THEY DECIDED LET'S TAKE THE ROAD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PHASE

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IT INCREASED.

WE HAD 1200 LINEAR FEET FROM 455 DOWN TO WHERE THAT RED STAR IS AT A COST OF ABOUT 1,000,004 AT THE END OF 2020. NOW WE'VE GOT 2800FT GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OAK HOLLOW.

AND AS OF DECEMBER OF LAST OF 22, WE WERE AT 4 MILLION FOR THAT ROAD COST.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT.

I HAD BASICALLY COME BACK AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE IT ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

WE'VE KIND OF CHANGED OUR PLAN ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

WE'D, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

YOU KNOW, I THINK AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING, YOU ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE TIME ONE TIME TO DISCUSS IT.

BUT I THINK THE PRIMARY ISSUE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS TRYING TO GET A STREET LIGHT UP AT PERSIMMON THAT WOULD SERVICE BOTH THE CREEKSIDE DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH AND, OF COURSE, OUR DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH.

AND TYPICALLY STREET LIGHTS ARE A CONCESSION OF ABOUT 200 TO 200 OR AN EXPENSE OF ABOUT 200 TO 250,000.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON WITH THE CITY.

UM, AND SO OUR IMPACT FEES, FOR EXAMPLE, ON OUR ROAD IMPACT FEES FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT, WE'RE AT 1,000,002.

AND SO YOU ADD THAT TO 4,000,004, IT ADDS UP PRETTY QUICK.

AND SO ANYWAY, THAT'S.

PART OF WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE REST.

LET ME SEE HERE. I'M SORRY.

I WAS GOING TO LET CHRIS.

CHRIS, I GUESS YOU. YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TALK? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, THOUGH, AND WE'LL BE WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. HEY, I'M CHRIS HITCH WITH JP.

KIND OF SPEAKING ON WHAT DON WAS MENTIONING, GIVE A LITTLE BRIEF UPDATE.

WE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROAD.

WE'VE PUT IN ALL UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND WE HAVE STARTED THE LIMING PROCESS.

FRAMING HAS BEGUN AND WE PLAN ON STARTING PAVING MOST LIKELY NEXT WEEK, KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE FIRE STATION EARLIER.

WE ARE GOING DOOR BY DOOR ASKING RESIDENTS IF WE CAN POUR CONCRETE BEFORE 7 A.M.

AS YOU KNOW, IT GETS REALLY HOT.

IT'S HARD TO POUR CONCRETE WHEN IT'S WARM, SO THAT'S ABLE TO OCCUR.

WE CAN BUILD THE ROAD QUICKER.

WE DID PAY, I THINK THE IMPACT FEE OF OUR SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT WAS ABOUT $920,000.

WE PAID THE ENTIRE ROAD OUTRIGHT.

NO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DUE TO IT NOT BEING ON THE PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE.

I THINK IF THE KIND OF THE TRUE SCOPE WAS KNOWN A FEW YEARS BACK, THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED, BUT KIND OF CROSSED THAT BRIDGE.

SO MOSTLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS USING THE IMPACT FEES WE'VE PAID FOR THE SITE.

I THINK A MOST OF YOU ALL HAVE DRIVE THIS ROAD EVERY DAY.

YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE SPEED AT WHICH PEOPLE DRIVE ALL THE UNITS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING TO THE CITY, JUST MORE CARS, THE SAFETY IN WHICH A TRAFFIC LIGHT WOULD KIND OF ENSURE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES WOULD BE GREAT PART OF OUR ROADWAY.

WE'RE ALSO DOING A DECEL LANE OFF WHITE STREET.

SO WE'RE DOING A LOT ASKING JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HELP TO KIND OF MAKE IT COME FULL CIRCLE.

AND SECONDARILY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT CREEK, KIND OF THE PLAN SOUTH, WE'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING A KIND OF MORE REGIONAL HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

I FORGET THE NAME OF THE TRAIL IN WHICH WAS BEING DISCUSSED, BUT SAME CONCEPT.

WE ARE PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS THE PARK FEES THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING TO THE CITY.

WE ARE ABLE TO GET DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR CREDIT TO BUILD THE TRAIL.

THE SITES VERY CHALLENGING, NOT NECESSARILY OUR DEVELOPMENT SITE, BUT MORE SO THE TRAIL.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOME LANDOWNERS TO THE WEST OF OUR SITE TRYING TO GET THEM TO PARTICIPATE.

OUR PARK FEE THAT WOULD BE WE WOULD USE IN LIEU OF OF PAYING THAT AND BUILDING THIS TRAIL JUST DOESN'T GET THE FULL TRAIL BUILT. SO THAT'S KIND OF A SECONDARY KIND OF THING.

BUT WE PLAN ON BUILDING THE TRAIL.

I THINK WE THINK WE CAN BUILD IT.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE BUILDING OUR DEVELOPMENT THAT IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH EXPERTISE THE CITY BUILDS, THE TRAILS.

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SO I THINK THE ASK IS, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME HELP THERE.

LIKE I THINK OUR TOTAL IMPACT FEE WAS CLOSE TO $3 MILLION.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, HELPING ADD INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE CITY AND WITH THIS KIND OF MORE OF A REGIONAL TRAIL IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN JUST ONE PERSON DOING IT.

SO JUST SOME ASSISTANCE, SOME GUIDANCE WHETHER WE, YOU KNOW, PUT IN OUR PARK FUNDS THAT GO INTO A BIGGER POT TO BUILD THE WHOLE THING OR SOME ASSISTANCE, THE MAIN ASK.

BUT YEAH, STREET LIGHT WOULD GO, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T REALLY ADD ANY VALUE TO OUR PROPERTY, BUT IT MORE SO ADDS A LOT OF SAFETY.

AND THE TRAIL IS AN AMENITY FOR THE ENTIRE CITY THAT YOU KNOW US COMING IN AND DOING THIS DEVELOPMENT WE KIND OF SPEARHEAD IT.

ALSO. WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

WE'VE HAD A FEW MEETINGS WITH DYLAN WALKER, WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SPEAKING TO THE MIC, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I'M SORRY, INTO THE MIC.

WE'VE HAD MEETINGS.

WELL, WE HAD TWO MEETINGS I GUESS, IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, BUT WE HAD ONE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.

AND I KNOW THAT I THINK HE'S WORKING WITH THE DIRECTOR FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON THE ISSUES THAT WE MET WITH HIM BEFORE ON.

BUT WE FEEL PRETTY COMFORTABLE.

I HAVE SPOKEN TO BOTH OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE WEST, SO I THINK THEY'RE ONE OF THEM, IS MORE ENCOURAGED ABOUT BEING CONNECTED, I GUESS, TO THE REGIONAL TRAIL THAN THE OTHER.

BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CAN WORK ON BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOT PARK FEES.

AND AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAINTAIN THE MAJORITY OF OUR PARK FEES, YOU KNOW, NEAR OUR PROJECT.

BUT I WAS HAPPY TO FIND OUT THAT IN OUR LAST MEETING WITH DALLIN, HE RECONFIRMED THAT THEY THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF ANNA IS INTERESTED IN MAINTAINING A REGIONAL OR IMPROVING THE THROCKMORTON REGIONAL LINEAR TRAIL SYSTEM.

SO. AND THANKS.

ONE THING I MIGHT MENTION TO YOU THAT THIS WILL COME UP, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF DISTANCE FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, THROCKMORTON TO PERSIMMON AND THEN ALSO OVER, MY UNDERSTANDING IS I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY JUST FOUND OUT NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT I GUESS TECH WAS GOING TO PAY FOR NEW PUT IN A NEW LIGHT AT OAK HOLLOW LANE AT THE FALLS RETAIL CENTER, RIGHT THERE AT THAT MEDIUM BREAK AND AT THE OAK HOLLOW ENTRANCE.

AND SO THE DISTANCE FROM PERSIMMON TO THAT AREA WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THAT INTERCHANGE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE LIGHT IS 1705 FEET.

SO WE JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG PLUS TO HAVE ANOTHER LIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE NOTICED, BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMING DOWN THAT HILL, ONCE THEY TOP THE HILL, OF COURSE, I KNOW THE FALLS LIGHT WILL HELP THAT, BUT THEY'LL GET BACK ON THE ACCELERATOR PRETTY QUICK, GOING ALL THE WAY TO THROCKMORTON.

SO THIS WOULD REALLY ASSIST, I THINK, THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS.

WHAT'S THE DISTANCE GOING THE OTHER WAY? THE DISTANCE TOWARDS LIKE SALSA WHERE IT'S ALREADY A CLUSTER AND YOU'RE GOING, YEAH.

OH, ALL THE WAY OVER TO 75.

I DIDN'T CALCULATE.

NO. THE BUDDY HAYS BOULEVARD TO THE OTHER LIGHT.

YEAH. FROM THE OTHER WAY.

OKAY. I'M WALMART LIGHT.

I'M SORRY, BUDDY. HAYS.

IT'S FROM PERSIMMON.

IT'S ACTUALLY 1460 FEET.

AND THEN FROM PERSIMMON BACK TO THE FALLS OR TO THE OAK HOLLOW LANE IS 1705.

SO HOW DOES GREG, THIS MIGHT BE AN ANSWER QUESTION FOR YOU.

I'M SORRY. YOU SKIP AHEAD.

AM I GOING OUT OF TURN? NO, THAT'S FINE.

OKAY. THIS WORK SESSION, UM.

HOW DOES. THIS ROAD GOING ON A THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

DOES IT HELP IT? GETTING A LIGHT? DOES IT? SO THE ROAD ITSELF, IF IT WERE TO BE ADDED TO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, IT WOULD BE A COMMUNITY COLLECTOR.

A RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR.

STREET IS WHAT WE WOULD CLASSIFY IT AS.

SO WHICH RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR STREETS ARE DESIGNED TO MOVE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE LARGER ROADS LIKE 455, FOR INSTANCE.

SO IF IT WAS ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, IT WOULD.

I MEAN, WHAT HELPS GET A LIGHT AROUND THIS IN TEXAS ANYWAY, BESIDES AN ACT OF CONGRESS? WE ALL KNOW THAT.

SO ACTS OF CONGRESS CAN WORK.

THAT'S NOT A GUARANTEE, THOUGH.

BUT WITH TEXT.

SO WHAT WE HAVE HAD SUCCESS WITH AT BOTH OAK HOLLOW AND AT FINLEY AND FIVE AND I SAY SUCCESS, MEANING THAT WE GOT SUCCESS, THAT A SIGNAL PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD.

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BUT IN ORDER TO GET TEXT OUT TO AGREE THAT A SIGNAL WAS WARRANTED, THE CITY CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STUDY AT THE SIGNAL AND IDENTIFIED THAT IT MET WARRANT CRITERIA.

SO THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IN THIS LOCATION IS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE AND WE WOULDN'T KNOW WITHOUT DOING A STUDY.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT WOULD NOT MEET WARRANT CRITERIA INITIALLY.

YEAH, BECAUSE WEST CROSSING DOESN'T EVEN MEET.

CRITERIA, CORRECT? AT THE MOMENT, CORRECT AT THE MOMENT.

BUT IT MAY.

BUT ONCE THE PROJECT IS BUILT OUT AND FULLY OCCUPIED, THEN IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT WOULD MEET.

AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO KNOW FOR SURE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FALLS DRIVE COMING IN FROM THE OTHER SIDE.

YOU HAVE CREEKSIDE FROM THE OTHER SIDE, ALL THAT TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE NORTH SIDE INTO 455.

YOU HAVE THIS TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE SOUTH AND IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT WHAT ROUTE PEOPLE TAKE TO GET TO 455.

SO WITHOUT HAVING ALL OF EVERYTHING IN PLACE, TEXT TYPICALLY AND NOW THINGS CAN CHANGE.

BUT TYPICALLY TEX-DOT DOES NOT APPROVE THE START APPROVE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN OF A SIGNAL UNTIL WARRANT CRITERIA IS MET.

AND SO WE COULD CERTAINLY MAKE THE REQUEST.

I HAVE REACHED OUT TO TEX-DOT REGARDING THIS LOCATION.

I HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN ANSWER BACK YET ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON WHAT THEY WOULD REQUIRE FROM US.

BUT. WHAT I WOULD JUST TELL YOU IS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT MAY BE THAT A SIGNAL WOULD NOT COME UNTIL THE DEVELOPMENT IS FULLY OCCUPIED AND WE HAVE ACTIVE TRAFFIC COUNTS AND WE CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM OAK HOLLOW ARE COMING OUT TO 455.

AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE MOVEMENTS AND YOU HAVE THE CONGESTION.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THAT COULD TRIGGER A TEXT OUT PROCESS TO ADD A SIGNAL, WHICH AS WE'VE SEEN FROM THE PAST, IS ABOUT A TWO YEAR PROCESS ONCE TEX-DOT AGREES.

SO YOU'D BE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY FROM TODAY, PROBABLY THREE YEARS TO SIGNAL THERE.

THAT WOULD BE OUR REALITY BECAUSE IT'S A TEX-DOT CONTROLLED INTERSECTION.

IF IT WAS A CITY CONTROLLED INTERSECTION, OBVIOUSLY THE TIMELINES WOULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

IT WOULD BE MORE BASED ON WHEN THE CITY WOULD BE READY TO ALLOCATE FUNDING.

WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE MUCH FASTER.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S A TEXT OUT RIGHT OF WAY, WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL THE INTERSECTION.

AND ONE LAST THING, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

WHY ARE WE DISCUSSING THE TRAIL IF WE'RE DISCUSSING THE PERSIMMONS GOING ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS TRAIL, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT GOOD OF A JOB IF WE DON'T GET IT ON THE THIRD.

THAT'S HOW I'M TAKING IT.

I MIGHT BE TAKING IT WRONG, BUT THAT'S THE WAY I YOU KNOW, WHY IS A TRAIL EVEN IN THIS DISCUSSION AND.

WELL, I KNOW I MEAN, THE TRAIL IS PART IT'S ANOTHER PART OF OUR MASTER PLAN CONVERSATION.

BUT I CAN LET DON KIND OF SPEAK MORE DIRECTLY TO HOW THAT COMES INTO PLAY.

KEVIN THE ONLY REASON THAT IT WAS REALLY MEANT TO BE, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW.

AND IN FACT, ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT I'D LIKE CHRIS TO KIND OF SHARE OR PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON IS GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE, WHERE JP IS IN THE PROJECT, WHERE THE ROAD IS, AS YOU ALL HAVE SEEN, PROBABLY DRIVING DOWN 455.

THEY HAVEN'T. THEY'RE REAL CLOSE TO BREAKING INTO THAT HILL.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT HILL WENT UP 18FT, 15, 18FT, AND THERE WERE ABOUT 4 OR 5 MAJOR UTILITIES IN THERE, 12 INCH WATER LINE.

THERE WAS A FIBER OPTIC LINE, I THINK A SIX INCH ATMOS GAS LINE.

SO BUT THEY'RE GETTING REAL CLOSE TO THAT.

SO I'LL LET HIM ADDRESS THAT.

THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THAT DISCUSSING GREG KIND OF BROUGHT IT UP OK HOLLOW FIVE AND SIX.

THERE'S ABOUT THERE'S A LITTLE OVER 400 HOUSES THERE.

AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION YEARS AGO WHEN I OWNED THE PARK PLACE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

WE ACTUALLY AT THAT TIME WHEN WE I GUESS WE DID OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT AMOUNT.

LEE MAYBE YOU DO, BUT WE PROVIDED 320,000, REALLY, THAT WAS TO START THE CONSTRUCTION OR HOPE TO START THE CONSTRUCTION AT THE TIME.

ON TAYLOR. IT WASN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING.

ALL THEY WERE GOING TO DO WAS GRIND UP THE EXISTING ASPHALT.

AND THEN BASICALLY I'M MAKING IT SIMPLER THAN IT IS, RIGHT? GREG BUT THEY'RE GOING TO LAY IT BACK DOWN AND IT WAS PROBABLY STILL GOING TO BE TWO LANES BECAUSE AT THE TIME I DID A TRAFFIC STUDY AND IT DIDN'T JUSTIFY CONCRETE.

SO WHAT I'M THINKING NOW IS WE STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

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TAYLOR, FROM FERGUSON TO 75 WAS ESTIMATED OVER $10 MILLION.

AND ALLOWED TO BE A FOUR LANE ROAD.

I'M SORRY, BUT TAYLOR DOESN'T NEED TO BE A FOUR LANE.

I STILL DON'T BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE A FOUR LANE ROAD.

ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'VE GOT A SINGLE DIRECTION SERVICE ROAD AND IT'S GOING TO THROW ANYBODY WHO GOES OUT.

TAYLOR CAN'T GO SOUTH ANYMORE.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO GO UP TO 455.

AND THE WHOLE REASON WHY YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE EXPENSE OF EVEN THINKING ABOUT PUTTING THE BRIDGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN OVER AT FERGUSON.

THAT'S. THAT'S A MAJOR NORTH SOUTH.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, EXCEPT FOR CENTRAL AND HIGHWAY FIVE, THERE ARE NO MAJOR NORTH SOUTH.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE CITY YOU KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHERE YOUR DOLLARS ARE BEST SPENT I THINK.

YOU WANT TO KIND OF GIVE THEM AN OVERVIEW? YEAH, I'LL KEEP IT. YEAH, I'LL KEEP IT NICE AND SIMPLE.

I WOULD SAY THE REASON WHY THE TRAIL AND THE LIGHT ARE INVOLVED IS JUST HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT.

BRINGING THIS MANY UNITS, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WALK AROUND JUST AS MUCH AS THEY'LL DRIVE AROUND.

IT'S JUST CREATING SAFETY.

AND IN TERMS OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, WE'VE DONE TOPO.

WE KIND OF HAD OUR CIVIL ENGINEER FOCUS ON THE SITE, ON THE ROAD, GET ALL THIS PERMITTED.

YOU CAN'T REALLY BUILD A TRAIL WITHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE LAGGING DESIGN ITEMS. SO TOPO HAS BEEN ORDERED.

WE'RE GOING TO TOPO IT. WE'RE GOING TO HIT DESIGN PRETTY QUICK AND WE'RE KIND OF UNDER A TIME CLOCK BECAUSE OUR PARK FEES ARE DUE.

THAT'S ONE IMPACT FEE WE HAVEN'T PAID.

THOSE ARE DUE WHEN WE RECORD PERSIMMON AND GIVE IT TO THE CITY.

SO KIND OF UNDER A SHOT CLOCK TO KIND OF MAKE IT ALL WORK.

AND SO IF WE'RE UNABLE TO MAKE IT WORK, ALL WE'RE GOING TO DO IS JUST GIVE THE CITY A CHECK.

AND THEN THIS TRAIL KIND OF POSSIBLY KIND OF DWINDLES.

AND I MEAN, YOU'LL PROBABLY GET HALF A MILLION FOR THE PLAZA, BUT I'M JUST, YEAH, HOLISTIC SAFETY, KIND OF JUST TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING ABOUT THE TRAILS.

GREG, THIS IS ACTUALLY A QUESTION FOR YOU WITH PERSIMMON.

IF WE MAKE IT PART OF THE NORTHWEST OR EXCUSE ME, NORTH SOUTH THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

WE'RE STARTING TO GET DATA ON THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING THERE AT CREEKSIDE IS HAPPENING.

MORE FREQUENTLY THAN DESIRE.

I KNOW EARLIER TODAY I GOT AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF THAT AREA.

SOMEBODY BLEW MY DOORS OFF BECAUSE THEY HAD THAT LONG RUNWAY TO WORK WITH.

SO AND MR. COLLINS PUTS ALL OF THE QUALITY OF RESTAURANTS AND WHATNOT THAT HE'S PLANNING ON.

IT'S GOING TO GET VERY DENSE RIGHT THERE.

BUT I KNOW YOU NEED DATA TO WORK WITH.

I'M PRETTY SURE OUR ACCIDENT DATE IS GOING TO SUPPORT THAT.

ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PERSIMMON, THERE'S THREE HOUSES.

AT THE. THAT ARE KEEPING IT FROM CONNECTING TO TAYLOR.

AND IT'S TO ME, AS FAR AS MAKING THIS A MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

WE'RE GOING TO ROUTE THAT TRAFFIC ACROSS AND OVER TO OLIVE OVER THERE AT SEPHORA COURT.

A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PART OF IT.

WOULD WE AT A LATER DATE WORK WITH THESE HOMEOWNERS TO SEE ABOUT PURCHASING THEIR HOMES AND PUNCHING THE PERSIMMON ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO TAYLOR? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? SO THAT IS AN OPTION.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN INTERNAL ROUTE THROUGH THE OCALA SUBDIVISION, OBVIOUSLY, TO GET FROM 455 TO TAYLOR FOR A RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR ROUTE. IT'S NOT REQUIRED THAT IT CONNECT ALL THE WAY FROM 455 TO TAYLOR FROM THE STANDPOINT OF OF IT BEING ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, THAT IS NOT A HARD AND FAST RULE.

SO WE WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO HAVE TO.

AT THAT PORTION OF EXTENDING IT TO TAYLOR.

IF YOU WERE TO CHOOSE TO APPROVE IN THE FUTURE, IF P AND Z RECOMMENDS.

AND THEN YOU APPROVE.

I WOULD BE VERY HESITANT TO GET THAT FAR AHEAD OF MYSELF AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR A ROADWAY EXTENSION AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO REVISIT WHEN WE HAVE MORE DATA AND INFORMATION.

BUT WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS, IS THAT REGARDLESS.

OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS ADDED TO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN OR NOT.

SOME PORTION OF THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD WILL UTILIZE THIS ROAD.

I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT PORTION THAT WOULD BE.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE SOME GUESSES.

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BUT ONE THING I JUST DO WANT TO BE MADE CLEAR TO THE COUNCIL IS THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES WHERE A ROAD IS NOT IN THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND IT'S HEAVILY TRAVELED JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE CONVENIENT PATH.

TRAFFIC USUALLY FLOWS LIKE WATER.

SO, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS DEFINITELY A CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, LIKE MR. COLLINS SAID, THAT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT COULD POTENTIALLY UTILIZE THIS ROAD IS A CONSIDERATION FOR YOU TO ON THIS ITEM.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE PREEMPTIVELY HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

WHAT IS THE BENEFIT IN THE IMMEDIATE FOR THE CITY TO MAKE THIS PART OF THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN? THAT'S THE THING I'M NOT HEARING.

UM, WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT ADDED IF THAT CREATES A SITUATION WHERE THE DEVELOPER IS UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

I MEAN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, OBVIOUSLY.

SO I DON'T KNOW, I BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, FROM OUR VIEW, OUR POINT OF VIEW, IF THE ROAD IS BUILT AND WE GET THE IMPROVEMENT BUILT, THAT'S USUALLY OUR GOAL.

SO IF THAT CREATES A DEALBREAKER FOR THE DEVELOPER, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO ANSWER.

SO WHETHER IT'S PART OF THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN OR NOT, WE'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE ROAD AFTER THE DEVELOPER COMPLETES IT, CORRECT? CORRECT. THE ADDING IT TO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ALLOWS FOR IT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR IMPACT FEE REIMBURSEMENT.

SO ROADWAY IMPACT FEES AND IT'S A LEGAL THING FROM STATE LAW.

SO RIGHT NOW, IF EVEN IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO REIMBURSE MR. COLLINS SOME AMOUNT OF ROADWAY IMPACT FEE MONEY, THAT COULD NOT HAPPEN FOR PERSIMMON DRIVE BECAUSE IT IS NOT ON THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. IT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN IF WE WERE TO ENTER INTO ANY AGREEMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF IMPACT FEES.

FOR THE ROAD. SO.

WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE BEING STRONG ARMED.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU CANNOT DO THE TRAIL SYSTEM IF WE DON'T MAKE THIS PART OF THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND REIMBURSE THE FEES OR WAIVE THE FEES? NO, WE'RE BUILDING IT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT BUILT IN PROBABLY 2 OR 3 MONTHS.

THE MORE THE ISSUE IS SAFETY.

THE ROAD HAS INFLATED AND COST CAN'T REALLY ADD ANY MORE DOLLARS TO IT.

SO TRAFFIC LIGHT WOULD EASE THE SAFETY CONCERNS.

THE TRAIL IS KIND OF A SECONDARY TOPIC OF THE TRAIL WANTS TO GET BUILT.

IT'S BEEN YOU KNOW, WE WERE APPROACHED WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

SO EITHER WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THE TRAIL OR JUST CUT A CHECK TO THE CITY AND NO TRAIL WILL OCCUR.

SO THAT IS MORE SO OF HAVING JUST CITY PARTICIPATION AND A GUIDED VISION OF NEIGHBORING DEVELOPMENT.

THEIR PARK FEES GOING TO THE TRAIL, THE THOROUGHFARES MORE SO FOR THE STREET.

SO THAT CAN BE PAID FOR.

YOU KNOW WE SPENT 920 K ON TOP OF 4.4 MILLION.

CAN'T REALLY KEEP DISHING OUT CASH TO MONETIZE IT.

IT'S MORE SO SAFETY NOT JUST FOR OUR SITE BUT FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING TO USE IT.

UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY. I HAD A QUESTION FOR GREG, ACTUALLY.

MIKE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THAT'S RIGHT.

I'M SORRY. LOOK, I LOVE YOUR NEW DIGS.

THIS IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE.

I GOT TO GET USED TO IT.

OKAY. GREG, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, STATE LAW OR WHATEVER, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF, IN FACT, WE MADE THE STREETLIGHT, IF, IN FACT, THE COUNCIL DECIDED, WE ALL DECIDED, I GUESS, THAT A STREETLIGHT WAS NECESSARY THERE, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROPER STUDIES, TRAFFIC STUDIES AND THE WARRANT PORTION.

AND THE DOLLARS WERE ALREADY IN THE HANDS OF THE CITY.

SO IT WOULD BE A CITY PROJECT? CORRECT. SO THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE PROBLEM.

I DON'T THINK CLARK MIGHT.

HE'D PROBABLY KNOW A LOT BETTER THAN I WOULD.

SO I'LL ASK THIS I'LL PHRASE THIS IN A QUESTION TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

COULD THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT SAID THAT BECAUSE 455 IS IN OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, BECAUSE IT'S A MAJOR IT'S AN ARTERIAL ROAD, COULD THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WHEREBY A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES PAID BY THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE SET ASIDE BY THE CITY FOR A CAPITAL PROJECT TO FUND THE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON FOR FM 455.

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SO THAT COULD HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF A MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT.

AND IF THAT'S NOT APPROVED BY TEXDOT.

WHAT DOES THAT MONEY DO AT THAT SO THAT MONEY WOULD BE DEPENDING ON HOW THE AGREEMENT IS WRITTEN.

THE MONEY WOULD COULD BE SET ASIDE FOR THE SIGNAL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS IT.

AS TEX-DOT APPROVED.

APPROVED THE SIGNAL TO GO IN.

THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WHEN WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE TWO YEAR PERIOD, THAT'S THE TIME THAT IT TAKES.

IF TEXAS IS GOING TO DO THE DESIGN AND BUILD THE SIGNAL.

THAT TIMELINE GETS COMPRESSED IF THE CITY IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE SIGNAL.

SO THAT'S ONE BECAUSE THERE'S NO RAILROAD INVOLVED.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE HAD TO EXPLAIN TO A LOT OF FOLKS WITH FINLEY, IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TIMELINE BECAUSE OF THE RAILROAD SIGNAL PREEMPTION. THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER THING HERE.

WE DON'T HAVE A RAILROAD, SO IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT PROCESS.

IT'S A SIMPLER PROCESS.

IF THE CITY WERE TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIGNAL HERE.

IT ONCE TEX-DOT APPROVES IT, THAT PROBABLY BECOMES A LOT MORE LIKE A 12 MONTH.

PROJECT INSTEAD OF A TWO YEAR PROJECT.

SO WHICH POINT? AND OBVIOUSLY WE NEED THE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON THE SIGNAL.

AT WHICH POINT WILL WE APPROACH THAT? CLARK. WELL, AS FAR AS THE.

AS FAR AS AN AGREEMENT ALONG THOSE LINES.

UM. WHAT WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT IS.

COMMITTING TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS IF AND WHEN THE SIGNAL IS APPROVED.

MAYBE ESCROW FUNDS.

SET THOSE ASIDE AND THEN IF IT'S NOT APPROVED BY.

THE DEADLINE AND WE COULD DISPOSE OF THOSE FUNDS IN SOME OTHER WAY.

THAT'D BE ONE ONE WAY TO APPROACH IT.

SO BASICALLY WE CREATE PRECEDENTS FOR A FUTURE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE ITS VIABILITY AND MOVE FORWARD THEN.

COULD POSSIBLY BE? YES, IT WOULD BE AN ENFORCEABLE CONTRACT.

GOTCHA. IN THE FUTURE.

BUT YOU WOULD YOU'D BE LEAVING YOUR OPTIONS OPEN AS THE CITY IN TERMS OF THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST PUT THEM UP INDEFINITELY. RIGHT.

NOT KNOWING HOW AND WHEN AND IF THIS IS ALL GOING TO DEVELOP AS WE MIGHT EXPECT IT RIGHT NOW OR WE MIGHT ANTICIPATE.

SO PUTTING MONEY IN ESCROW OR MAKING THAT PROMISE TO FUND IT IN THE FUTURE SUBJECT TO.

MILESTONES AND DEADLINES MAY BE AN OPTION THAT WE'D LOOK AT AND STAFF CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT AGREEMENT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

BY THE WAY. CITY MANAGER.

YOUR MICROPHONES ARE COMING THROUGH HOUSE AUDIO.

CAN'T HEAR YOU ALL OVER HERE.

STRUGGLING, BUT I THINK I GOT MOST OF WHAT CLARK SAID.

SO OUR AUDIO ISSUES REALLY NEED TO BE FIXED.

DON. WE HAD A MEETING TEN YEARS AGO SITTING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I THINK YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

PUTTING PROPERTY HERE.

AND HERE WE ARE TEN YEARS LATER HAVING THE CONVERSATION AGAIN.

YEAH. HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ONTO WHITE STREET? IT TAKES TIME WHEN IT'S WORTHWHILE.

UM, THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND GIVING US A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, COUNCILMAN.

ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH.

OH, I'M JUST GOING TO THROW IT OUT THERE.

I'M. MEAN, GREG HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS, SO I'M NEVER GOING TO BE ON BOARD WITH.

WITH ANOTHER LIGHT ON 455.

I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF WHEN IT FALLS.

GETTING OUT OF THIS. TOWNSEND ABSOLUTE PAIN IN THE ASS AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE.

THERE'S NO THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU CAN SAY IT'S A SAFETY PROBLEM THERE.

BECAUSE NO ONE'S MOVING THERE AND YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE JUST A STANDSTILL.

I'M MR. SAFETY. I'M WITH YOU, BRO.

I'M NOT WANT ANYBODY HURT ON THAT ROAD, BUT IT'S ALSO A STATE HIGHWAY.

AND YOU AS A DEVELOPER SHOULD GO LOOK AT 380IN MCKINNEY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TURN 455 INTO.

IF WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP ADDING LIGHT AFTER LIGHT AFTER LIGHT.

THERE'S NO AND THIS IS ONLY A TWO LANE ROAD, RIGHT? A FOUR LANE ROAD, BASICALLY, WITH A MEDIAN WITH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING HERE.

OH, I UNDERSTAND. SO, RANDY, I LIVE IN MCKINNEY.

I'VE BEEN IN MCKINNEY 38 YEARS.

RIGHT. AND DO YOU GO DOWN 380? ALL NO, YOU AVOID THREE.

AVOID IT. BUT MOST OF MY RETAILERS ARE NOT ON 380.

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I KNOW I DON'T I LIVE TOWARDS WEST CROSSING.

IF I'M GOING TO MCKINNEY I GO ROSAMOND NOW THAT IT'S OPEN TO 75, ALL NEIGHBORS ROSEMONT IS OPEN TO 75.

PLEASE USE IT.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS RESTAURANTS THAT ARE OFF 380 ARE HURTING BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO GO DOWN THERE.

SO IF WE'RE BUILDING THINGS OFF OF 455, NO ONE'S GOING TO USE THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE AVOIDING THIS HIGHWAY.

BUT RANDY, WOULD YOU AGREE, THOUGH, THAT 380 HAS BEEN UNDER BUILT FOR 40, YOU KNOW, SINCE IT WAS BUILT? I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, I COMPLETED EAST WEST COLLECTOR.

IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN DENTON AND COLLIN COUNTY THAT CONNECTS BOTH OF THOSE HUBS.

AND THEY HAD IT AS TWO LANES.

I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS TWO LANES ALL THE WAY OVER TO NORTH TEXAS.

SO DO I. AND NOW THEY THINK THEY DID US A FAVOR BECAUSE IT'S FOUR LANES AND MAYBE THEY EXPANDED IT OUT AT INTERSECTIONS IT NEEDS TO BE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHAT DO WE DO? WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A NEW LOOP SYSTEM.

RIGHT. OKAY. SO THEY WAITED UNTIL I'M SORRY, I'D PROBABLY BE THROWN OUT OF THE PROJECT.

YEAH, BUT THAT'S MCKINNEY. MCKINNEY.

WHAT HE'S SAYING IS YOU'RE GOING TO.

YOU'RE GOING TO. YOU'RE WITH ANOTHER LIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ANOTHER 380.

AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, IS ALL OF THESE STUDIES THAT TEX-DOT AND THESE OTHER IDIOTS DO ARE DONE BECAUSE.

RIGHT. THEY'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO GET INTO THE ROAD.

RIGHT. BUT THEN. OKAY, YEAH, WE NEED THAT.

SO WE THROW IN THE LIGHT, RIGHT? EXPANDING 380 WAS THE WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE CITY.

AND IT'S A MAJOR STATE HIGHWAY.

AND THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE IT WHEN THEY COULD HAVE BOUGHT IT FOR $0.10, YOU KNOW.

RIGHT. AND WHEN I MOVED HERE IN 2012, THIS WAS $3.55 WAS A TWO LANE ROAD.

RIGHT. IT'S PERFECT THE WAY IT IS.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE'RE GOING TO HURT.

WE'RE HURTING OURSELVES BECAUSE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT SPEED ON A STATE HIGHWAY AND I'M CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO AVOID THIS HIGHWAY AND NO ONE'S GOING TO.

OKAY. ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING AROUND, IT IS NOT GOING TO GET USED BECAUSE NO ONE'S GOING TO DRIVE IT.

BUT, RANDY, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS IF I UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE CORRECT, I MEAN, IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS.

THE DOLLARS ARE WITH THE CITY.

I MEAN, WE MIGHT PAY FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY OR A WARRANT STUDY, WHATEVER, BUT THE DOLLARS ARE BASICALLY IN THE CITY'S HANDS.

SO IT'S UP TO YOU ALL WHEN THAT LIGHT GOES IN.

OKAY. SO WE'D RATHER IT GO IN SOONER THAN LATER.

I CAN TELL YOU, DON, YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT.

WEST CROSSING.

WE DID THE STUDY LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO.

WEST CROSSING IS ONE OF OUR BIGGER NEIGHBORHOODS IN ANNA.

RIGHT. THE HIGH SCHOOL IS ON WEST CROSSING BOULEVARD.

YEAH. YEAH, THEY DID A STUDY.

IT DOESN'T ACCORDING TO TEX DOT, IT DOESN'T WARRANT A LIGHT GOING RIGHT THERE.

THERE IS NO WAY TEX DOT ACCORDING TO THEIR RULES.

FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR RULES.

THERE IS NO WAY THEY WILL WARRANT A LIGHT TO GO RIGHT HERE.

NO MATTER HOW MANY APARTMENTS JP BUILDS.

IF IT'S 16 STORIES, KEVIN, IF THE CITY IS PAYING FOR IT, YOU DON'T NEED TEXAS APPROVAL.

WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT WE HAVE BIGGER INTERSECTIONS THAT I'D RATHER SEE A LIGHT GO BEFORE THIS ONE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, ALL I KNOW IS THAT TRAFFIC GOING DOWNHILL.

SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING A LOT FASTER DOWNHILL THAN IT IS GOING UPHILL.

AND NOW, GRANTED, YOU'RE PUTTING THE LIGHT IN AT THE FALLS IN OAK HOLLOW LANE AND LOOK, I DON'T LOVE LIGHTS.

I REMEMBER MCKINNEY, FOR EXAMPLE.

I COULD GO OUT ALL DAY SATURDAY AND STOP AT ONE LIGHT.

WELL, YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.

SO THAT'S STOPPING PROGRESS.

AND YOU GUYS ARE FAR PAST THAT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

STOP IN PROGRESS.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE YOU HAD 403 OR 405 VOTERS, AND NOW YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, 25,000.

I'M WITH YOU. THE PROGRESS IN 405 IS WHAT IT IS.

AND I GET IT. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT YOUR LOCATION.

WERE YOU WANTING THE LIGHT? THERE IS JUST TOO CLOSE TO ALREADY EXISTING LIGHTS.

AND THEN IF WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT ADDING ONE, IT FALLS.

THAT'S MY I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR LIGHTS FROM BERKSHIRES TO 75.

I'D RATHER YOU USE YOUR MONEY FOR AND GIVE US A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD THAN SPENDING IT ON THAT PROJECT.

THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH LATER ON ANYWAY.

I KNOW I.

NONE OF US LIKE LIGHTS.

NO, I KNOW.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER.

WELL, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE LIGHTS THAN YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH.

JUST BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION GROWTH, RIGHT? AND I'LL JUST HAVE TO STAY ON COUNCIL AND KEEP VOTING NO.

YEAH, WELL, I'LL TRY.

I'LL ADD TO IT.

I'M WITH YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, KEVIN.

YOU, TOO. APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS, DON. ALL I'LL ADD IS YOU HAVE COUNTY COLLIN COUNTY, OUTER LOOP GOING EAST WEST.

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AND I MEAN, IT TAKES ONE ACCIDENT TO KIND OF REGRET THE DECISION.

BUT RESPECTFULLY, I RESPECT YOUR DECISION.

APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. THANKS.

THANKS, Y'ALL. WE'RE GOING TO USE COLLIN COUNTY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE 455.

AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, ROSEMONT, OUR SPEED LIMIT IS 30 MILES AN HOUR.

BITTER LOVE, THE PASSION.

THEY'VE STRUCK A NERVE UP HERE.

THIS IS GOOD.

PART OF THAT PROBLEM IS WHEN WE'RE STUCK FOR 15 MINUTES BECAUSE I LIVE PRETTY CLOSE TO RANDY HAS 15 MINUTES TO GET TO THE FREEWAY ANYMORE.

BUT THAT'S ENGINEERING ON THESE LIGHTS.

IN THE END, YOU COULD STICK ENOUGH LIGHTS UP.

IF YOU COULD GET THE TIMING ON THE THINGS, IT WOULD BE FINE.

BUT THE STOP AND STOP.

SO I GET IT.

OR ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY.

ITEM SIX IS CONSENT ITEMS.

[6. Consent Items]

COUNCIL DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PULL OUT ANY CONSENT? MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE WAIT? MAYOR PRO TEM.

SORRY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.

ITEM SIX A THROUGH G.

I'M A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN.

A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.

MOTION PASSES.

ITEM SEVEN ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

[7. Items For Individual Consideration]

YES, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WOODS AT LINDSAY PLACE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN 2020.

IS PART OF THAT ZONING.

IF YOU RECALL THAT ZONING INCLUDED MULTIFAMILY, IT INCLUDED NON RESIDENTIAL AS WELL AS SINGLE FAMILY.

SO THE APPLICANT THE REQUEST IS FROM D COMMUNITIES THAT IS DOING THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT AND AT THE TIME, THE MULTIFAMILY WHEN THE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THE BUILDING MATERIALS STANDARDS WERE THAT FOR YOUR TYPICAL THREE FOUR STORY MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT, IT WASN'T FOR THE CASITA PRODUCT, WHICH D COMMUNITIES IS BUILDING A PORTION OF THE MULTIFAMILY.

THEY ARE DOING A SMALLER OR LESS DENSE COMPONENT.

AND SO THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS TO MODIFY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO INCLUDE STANDARDS FOR THE CASITAS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR AT LEAST 75% OF THE BUILDING FRONTAGE, INCLUDING DOORS, WINDOWS.

THEY SHOULD USE BRICK OR STONE MASONRY PRODUCT WHERE THE OVERALL MINIMUM MASONRY PERCENTAGE WOULD BE 30%.

NOW THESE THIS WOULD BE THE LEAST OR THERE ARE FOUR BASICALLY BUILDING TYPES FOR PROTOTYPES THERE IN YOUR PACKET.

THEY'RE ENTITLED TO EXHIBIT ONE AND THEY ARE IN THE PRESENTATION.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE IN WHICH THERE ARE HIGHER PERCENTAGES.

AS IT RELATES TO THE OVERALL MASONRY.

IT'S JUST THAT THIS WOULD BE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.

AND SO AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS HERE WITH THE BRIEF PRESENTATION, BUT THIS IS THE REQUEST THAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

SO WITH THAT, I CAN HAND IT OVER TO THE.

SO IF COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATION REQUEST, CITY STAFF WILL DRAFT A RESOLUTION CONTAINING THE NECESSARY AMENDMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST.

HELLO. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL.

I'M ANDREW WILEY WITH DEI COMMUNITIES.

AS YOU MENTIONED, WE ARE LOOKING TO BUILD A CASITA STYLE PRODUCT HERE, 130 UNITS.

AND AS YOU SEE ON THE RENDERINGS, THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT RENDERINGS, TWO SINGLE, TWO ONE BEDROOM DESIGNS, WHICH ARE THE FIRST TWO, AS WELL AS A TWO BEDROOM AND A THREE BEDROOM.

AND ULTIMATELY, IN CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH ROSS, HE REITERATED THE DESIRE TO HAVE DIFFERENT FACADES SO THAT IT DID NOT LOOK MONOTONOUS.

AS YOU SAID PREVIOUSLY, WE THEORETICALLY COULD BUILD 60%.

EVERY ONE COULD LOOK THE EXACT SAME.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT FOR THE POTENTIAL RENTERS AS WELL FOR YOU GUYS AS A CITY.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.

IT ALIGNS THE FACADES, THE FRONT FACADES ALIGN WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT IN LINDSAY PLACE.

THAT'S SORT OF THE TAKEOFF OF WHAT THOSE ARE TO BE.

SO ULTIMATELY, THIS IS INCREASING.

THREE OF THE FOUR ARE 100% MASONRY ON THE FRONT.

THERE'S THE ONE, THE TWO BEDROOM THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

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SO THAT IS OUR REQUEST THIS EVENING AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.

COUNCILMAN. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. SO WE'RE NOT DOING MULTIFAMILY.

WE'RE DOING THE CASITA.

THERE'S 600 UNITS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THIS WOULD BE 130.

AND THEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WILL DO.

PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE.

IT COULD BE THREE STORY MULTIFAMILY, IT COULD BE MORE OF THIS PRODUCT, BUT THIS WILL BE THE FURTHEST NORTH PORTION OF THE SECTION, WHATEVER IT IS, 50 SOMETHING ACRES THAT HAS THE ENTITLEMENTS FOR 600 UNITS.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS? WHAT DO YOU BUILD? WE HAVE RENDERINGS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

I MEAN, WE HAVE PERMIT READY PLANS.

THAT'S GONNA BE THE SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT BECAUSE THE PRODUCT WILL BE THE SAME.

THE ELEVATIONS WILL JUST LOOK DIFFERENT.

THE ELEVATIONS ULTIMATELY LOOK MORE UNIFORM IN WHAT WE HAVE APPROVED.

IT'S JUST HERE'S MY PROBLEM AND THIS IS GOING TO SOUND EVERYBODY KNOWS I HAVE THE RUDE COMMENTS, SO I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE.

WHENEVER LINDSAY PLACE FIRST CAME ABOUT, WE ASKED WE DIDN'T WANT THE BASIC DIE WHAT WE'RE USED, WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE PLENTY OF IN ANNA. WE ALSO DIDN'T WANT THE COOKIE CUTTER TYPE, YOU KNOW, YOU ONLY GOT 1 OR 2 POSSIBLE, MAYBE THREE POSSIBLE ELEVATIONS THAT YOU SEE A LOT IN THAT ARE ACTUALLY THERE'S A LOT IN PRINCETON.

BUT WE WANTED A STEP ABOVE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

THERE'S MAYBE TEN HOUSES ALREADY BUILT.

MAYBE NOT THAT, BUT.

ALL I SEE IS WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THIS I LIKE THE IDEA OF IT BEING DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT SEEING YOUR ELEVATIONS NOW, I DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR COOKIE CUTTER.

IT JUST. IT DOESN'T.

IT'S NOT. IT DOESN'T POP.

IT DOESN'T. IT'S NOT EYE CATCHING OR NOTHING.

IT JUST LOOKS LIKE IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK APPEALING TO ME BECAUSE OF WHAT WE ALREADY WE'RE GETTING WE'RE NOT GETTING WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET.

AND IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING.

AND I JUST I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN BE ON BOARD WITH IT.

I'LL SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS OR WHAT ELSE OTHER QUESTIONS.

I JUST I'M NOT LIKING THE DIRECTION OF LINDSAY PLACE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS TOTALLY FAIR.

I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THE SINGLE FAMILY SIDE OF LINDSAY PLACE.

I WILL SAY THE CURRENT STANDARDS DO NOT REQUIRE MULTIPLE.

WE COULD DO ALL BRICK OR WE COULD DO ALL STONE.

WE ARE WILLING TO COMMIT TO THAT.

IT WOULD BE A MIX OF PRODUCTS.

AND I THINK ULTIMATELY WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS I THINK WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO BUILD, IT'S NOT LIKE A REPRESENTATION THAT WE COULD COME BACK AND CHANGE. WE'RE WILLING.

THE WORDING IS JUST BASED UPON THE PICTURES.

YEAH. TO TO MATCH IT'S JUST NOT I TO ME IT'S.

IT DOESN'T DO IT FOR ME AT ALL, ESPECIALLY FOR THAT AREA.

WHAT WE HAD ENVISIONED.

BUT I APPRECIATE IT, SIR.

SO YEAH.

SO THE RENDERINGS HERE KIND OF SHOWING OFF STONE.

BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT COULD BE A MIXTURE OF STONE BRICK.

YEAH. SO THE RED WOULD BE BRICK AND THE WHITE WOULD BE STONE.

AND SO AS YOU SEE HERE, THAT'S MORE BRICK THAN THE OTHER ONE.

THIS ONE'S MORE BRICK AND THEN OBVIOUSLY BRICK AND STONE IN THERE.

SO YES, WE WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH BRICK AND STONE.

YEAH, I THINK BREAKING IT UP.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE KEVIN'S SAYING THE COOKIE CUTTER.

SO, YOU KNOW. BREAKING UP THE MIXTURES.

JUST. MAKE THEM ALL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

NO, I JUST. IT'S BETTER WITHOUT THE SPEAKER.

MM. OKAY.

IT'S CONFUSING ON THIS END BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SPEAK.

DO WE HAVE THE GOING BACK TO COUNCILMAN TOTEN COMMENTS.

DO WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL ELEVATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED? A WITH US.

I DON'T. SO THE ELEVATION SO THE STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING MATERIALS WERE THAT OF THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE MULTIFAMILY.

I BELIEVE IT WAS A MINIMUM OF 60.

AND AGAIN, I HAVE THE DA AND I CAN GRAB FOR YOU, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE ELEVATIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE BUILDING PLANS BECAUSE AGAIN, THE ELEVATIONS WEREN'T PART OF THE ZONING. IT WAS JUST FOR THE STANDARDS THEMSELVES FOR YOUR TYPICAL THREE STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING.

I CAN. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY FAMILIAR.

I THINK 60% AND WE CAN USE ONE SINGLE MASONRY PRODUCT IS WHAT IT SAYS YOU CAN'T USE WITHIN THAT 60%.

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THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT TO BE TO INTERMIX THE PRODUCT TYPE.

I LIKE THE VARIETY AND THE INTERMIXING.

SO I DO HAVE THE LANGUAGE HERE.

SO IT SAYS ALL MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES SHALL HAVE AT LEAST 60% FOR THE FIRST THREE STORIES OF THE TOTAL EXTERIOR WALLS ABOVE GRADE, EXCLUDING DOORS, BLAH.

AND IT SAYS 40% CAN BE CONSISTENT OF CEMENTITIOUS SIDING HARDIE BOARD PRODUCT OR STUCCO MATERIALS.

BUT IT DOES NOT ADD IN THE MASONRY.

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE MASONRY.

IT COULD BE ALL STONE, COULD BE ALL BRICK.

I HAVE ONE MORE QUICK THING.

MAYOR PRO TEM. I LOOKED UP THE MEANING OF CASITA BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THIS WOULD BE A CASITA.

SO IT'S LIKE MORE OF A COTTAGE STYLE SPANISH.

THIS DOESN'T LOOK COTTAGE STYLE SPANISH TO ME.

IT LOOKS DUPLEX.

YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE THAT UP WITH THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT.

THEY CAME UP WITH THE TITLE OF CASITA.

I NEED YOU TO PASS THAT ON TO MARKETING AND PASS ON MY COMMENTS TO THE SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT.

I WILL APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR.

KEVIN. I WILL PASS ON.

I'LL PASS ON BOTH OF THOSE.

ANYBODY ELSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU ALL.

MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE. ITEM 70.

SECOND HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ATCHLEY.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER CARRY.

ELDEN. NO.

YES. I.

YES. MOTION PASSES.

ITEM SEVEN B CONSIDER DISCUSS ACT ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING ONE AND A TWO EDITION BLOCK.

A LOT FOR BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

ROSS YES.

SO THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU HERE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOTEL THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

INSIDE THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE BUILDING MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOLLOWED THAT OF OUR THOROUGHFARE OVERLAY REQUIREMENTS WHERE THERE WAS A MASONRY COMPONENT.

BUT THEN THEY ALSO THERE WAS ANOTHER STIPULATION IN THERE THAT SAYS WHEN A FUNCTION OF AN INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS OR THE RECOGNIZED IDENTITY OF A BRAND INDICATES A SPECIFIC STYLE IMAGE OR BUILDING MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT COMPANY, THAT CITY COUNCIL UPON APPROVAL CAN APPROVE THAT.

AND SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT THE BUILDING MATERIALS BEING PROPOSED BE THOSE OF THE TYPICAL THAT ARE TYPICALLY RECOGNIZED WITH THE WYNDHAM GARDEN HOTEL.

AGAIN, THIS REQUIRES CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.

SO THE APPLICANT IS HERE WITH A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO GO OVER THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING AND HOW THAT MEETS THEIR WYNDHAM GARDEN HOTEL.

OKAY.

THE MAYOR PRO TEM CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS CHRISTINE.

I'M AN ARCHITECT AND PRINCIPAL AT 5G STUDIO ARCHITECTURAL FIRM IN DALLAS.

SO THE RENDERING THAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE FOUR STOREY PROTOTYPICAL WYNDHAM GARDEN DESIGN THAT WAS DESIGNED BY WYNDHAM CORPORATE.

THIS HAS EXTERIOR INSULATION, FINISH SYSTEM, DIFFERENT COLORS THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF THE FACADE.

IT HAS WOOD AT THE PORTE COCHERE THAT YOU SEE THERE.

IT ALSO HAS A BAMBOO ESTHETIC FOR VENTILATED TILE FACADE SYSTEM THAT YOU SEE THERE AT THAT CORNER TOWER ELEMENT WHERE THE WYNDHAM GARDEN SIGNAGE IS.

SO THE HOTEL THAT WE ARE PROPOSING WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS, BUT ONE STORY, LESS SO, THREE STORIES INSTEAD OF FOUR STORIES AND A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

WE'RE DOING A 95 KEY THREE STORY HOTEL.

AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, THIS IS A SECOND RENDERING BY WYNDHAM CORPORATE SHOWING THEIR BACKYARD AREA.

OURS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS.

THE FENCE WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, AT LEAST TO HAVE THAT MODERN WOOD ESTHETIC FENCE AROUND THERE.

THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT WE'LL HAVE A POOL AT OUR BACKYARD AREA, WHICH WE FEEL LIKE WOULD BE A NICE AMENITY OR OWNERSHIP FEELS LIKE WOULD BE A NICE AMENITY FOR THE GUESTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE STAYING AT THIS HOTEL.

SO HERE YOU JUST SEE A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WYNDHAM GARDENS PROTOTYPICAL DRAWINGS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THEIR PROTOTYPICAL DESIGN THAT THEY HAVE AS PART OF THEIR DRAWINGS. AND THIS IS ZOOMED IN TO WYNDHAM'S EXTERIOR FINISH LEGEND.

SO IT SHOWS THE EXTERIOR INSULATION FINISH SYSTEM, HIGH END PYREX PRODUCT THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY THE PRODUCT WE WOULD GO WITH.

WE DEFINITELY, IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS, WE WANT IT TO BE HIGH END.

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AND THEN AT THAT TOWER ELEMENT, AS I MENTIONED, ALSO THAT VENTILATED TILE FACADE SYSTEM, WHICH IS ALSO A HIGHER END PRODUCT AND HAS THAT INTERESTING BAMBOO ESTHETIC THAT'S GOT KIND OF A MODERN BUT ALSO KIND OF NATURE FEEL THE INTERIORS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTERIOR RENDERINGS HERE SINCE WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, BUT THE INTERIOR OF WOODLAND GARDEN IS REALLY NICE.

IT'S ONE OF THE BETTER INTERIOR DESIGNS, IN MY OPINION, THAT I'VE SEEN OF UPPER MID SCALE, UPPER UPSCALE, MID-RISE, PROTOTYPICAL DESIGNS THAT MARRIOTT AND WYNDHAM PUT OUT.

AND THIS IS A REALLY COMMON EXTERIOR FINISH MATERIAL THAT WE'VE SEEN FOR OTHER PROTOTYPICAL DESIGNS BY MARRIOTT SUCH AS SPRINGHILL SUITES, RESIDENCE INN.

SO THIS IS REALLY COMMON FROM WHAT WE SEE FROM ALL THE HOTEL WORK THAT WE DO.

SO HERE YOU SEE THE COLORED ELEVATION OF THE SOUTH ELEVATION FOR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

SO AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE BUILDING IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

WE HAVE A THREE STORY BUILDING INSTEAD OF FOUR STORIES, BUT STILL VERY SIMILAR TO THE PROTOTYPE.

WE PLAN ON MATCHING THE PROTOTYPE.

EXACTLY. WHICH IS CERTAINLY WHAT WYNDHAM CORPORATE STRONGLY PREFERS.

HERE YOU SEE THE BACK OR THE SOUTH ELEVATION WITHOUT THE PORTICO SHARE.

SO YOU CAN JUST SEE KIND OF WHAT THE WINDOWS LOOK LIKE BEHIND THAT PORTICO SHARE.

HERE WE HAVE THE NORTH ELEVATION ON THE BACKSIDE.

WE ARE SEEING THAT WOOD FENCE.

AND YOU'RE KIND OF ALSO BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S BEYOND THAT AS FAR AS THE GLAZING THEIR EAST ELEVATION.

SO THAT EMPHASIZES THAT CORNER TOWER ELEMENT AND THEN THE WEST ELEVATION AGAIN EMPHASIZING THAT CORNER TOWER ELEMENT.

SO HERE YOU JUST SEE ZOOMED IN OF OUR PROPOSED EXTERIOR FINISH LEGEND, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL TO WYNDHAM CORPORATE'S.

AND THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE, JUST GOING BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL RENDERING TO GIVE A PICTURE OF WHAT THAT BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE WITH ONE LESS STORY.

THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND WE HAVE THE CIVIL ENGINEER, JIM RILEY HERE, AS WELL AS BRIAN GARCIA WITH OWNERSHIP.

COUNCIL. NO, THANK YOU.

I LOVE THE WAY. YEAH.

THANK YOU. I LOVE THE WAY IT LOOKS.

I THINK I'VE SEEN ONE LIKE THIS.

I'VE TRAVELED A LOT, SO.

AND OTHER OTHER HOTELS ACTUALLY ARE STARTING TO THE WHOLE BAMBOO LOOK.

IT KIND OF LOOKS IT LOOKS REALLY NICE.

AND I APPRECIATE IT BEING DIFFERENT.

I LIKE BRINGING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE NOTES, BUT EITHER WAY, NO, BUT THANK YOU.

IT LOOKS NICE. OKAY, GREAT.

TOTEN HAS SOMETHING POSITIVE TO SAY, AND THAT'S GOOD.

ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING? OH. HAD TO LOOK DOWN TO MAKE SURE IT WAS REALLY KEVIN.

BUT YEAH, ECHO KEVIN'S COMMENT.

I'VE STAYED IN WYNDHAM GARDEN NOT TOO LONG AGO ACTUALLY, SO YEAH.

OH GREAT. WONDERFUL.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.

ITEM CAN I JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION? YES. WHY THE DECREASE IN THE STORY? IS IT JUST ARE YOU BY ELONGATING IT OR ARE YOU KEEPING THE SAME AMOUNT OF ROOMS AS YOU WOULD AS A FOUR STORY? WE'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE TO THE PROTOTYPICAL NUMBER OF ROOMS. SO YEAH, JUST KIND OF WORKS BETTER WITH THE SITE DESIGN, WITH THE PERFORMER THAT THE OWNERSHIP HAS PUT TOGETHER.

OKAY, THANKS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.

ITEM SEVEN B.

SECOND. BEEP BEEP.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CAIN.

MOTION PASSES.

ITEM SEVEN C CONSIDER DISCUSS ACT ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR LANDSCAPE SERVICES WITH SAUDAGAR LANDSCAPE SERVICES LLC.

GREG. MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR MOWING AND LANDSCAPING SERVICES THROUGHOUT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE CITY.

I DO JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES SO I CAN SHOW EVERYONE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TONIGHT.

SO WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THE CONTRACT MOWING BASE BID, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, INCLUDES FOR 55. IT INCLUDES FERGUSON PARKWAY, BUDDY HAYES STANDRIDGE SECTION OF HACKBERRY, ROSAMOND PARKWAY, AND A SECTION OF LEONARD. THERE ARE SOME ROADWAYS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THIS MAP THAT ARE SOME OF OUR LARGER ROADS.

HOWEVER, THEY MANY OF THOSE ARE MAINTAINED.

THE LANDSCAPING IS MAINTAINED BY THE HOA, WHERE THOSE ROADS ARE INTERNAL.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.

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THIS. SHOWS THE ADDITIONAL SECTION.

SO THESE ARE OUR RURAL ROADS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE MOWING ALONGSIDE THE THE EDGES OF THE PAVEMENT.

AS MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY EXPERIENCED, A LOT OF THESE ROADS, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE GROWTH GETS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AND VISIBILITY CAN GET TOUGH, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE HAVE INTERSECTIONS.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE AN ENHANCEMENT OF DOING ADDITIONAL MOWING ON THESE TO KEEP THE VEGETATION LEVEL DOWN, TO ALLOW FOR INCREASED SIGHT DISTANCE. AND THEN THIS PORTION WOULD COME OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND AND THIS WOULD BE TO MOW A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS SITES.

CURRENTLY THE CITY ACTUALLY ENDS UP ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE'RE VERY BUSY UTILIZING QUITE A BIT OF HAVING TO PAY QUITE A BIT OF OVERTIME TO GET A LOT OF THIS MODE BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET IT DONE DURING REGULAR WORK HOURS.

SO IN RUNNING THE NUMBERS, STAFF HAS INCLUDED THIS BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GOING TO COST ABOUT $16,000 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR TO HAVE THE CONTRACTOR MOW THIS.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY CHEAPER THAN WE CAN DO IT OURSELVES.

WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE COST IMPACT OF THE OVERTIME THAT WE PAY AND THE EQUIPMENT AND THE FUEL AND EVERYTHING.

SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THIS PORTION WOULD BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND.

SO IT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE STREET MAINTENANCE TAX FUNDING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION JUST FOR CONTEXT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THE THE CONTRACT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? I MOVE, WE APPROVE.

SECOND. USSERY BY MYSELF.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN. TOTEN.

. MOTION PASSES.

ITEM EIGHT CLOSED SESSION EXCEPTIONS.

[8. Closed Session ]

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071.

B DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.072 DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE DELIBERATE REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY OF ANNA, IN WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 550 1.0 87D DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE PERSONNEL MATTERS.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 .074.

COUNSEL DO HAVE A MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARVER.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN MOTION PASSES WILL ENTER IN A CLOSED SESSION AT 821.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL COME BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 909 IF THERE'S NO OTHER ITEMS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.